Sometimes, the problem with us is we think too much in solving a problem. Instead of making it simpler for the common understanding, we make it a little bit more complicated. And that defeats the purpose of problem solving... 1+1=2, plain and simple but others may look at it this way: 12+(1x1/1)=2.
I remember a friend who shared this simple yet perfect illustration of using common sense:
An astronaut once brought a ballpen in space, due to gravity, the pen won't write. So he send his problem to his country and due to the urgency of the situation, their scientists immediately created a pen that would not be affected by gravity... that made them spend millions for research and development. The rival country, however, had no problem with their space exploration... they used "PENCIL" in writing.
We are studying and working for the purpose of making life easier for others and the coming generation. But as I look at it, the subjects of students today are becoming more and more complicated that our children find it hard to digest and comprehend. Even their teachers find it hard to teach the young minds these complicated things.
Our working environment is not an exception, many of us delegate tasks that might be simpler if done by us alone. Some also ask questions with easy answers .. I don't know if they just over analyze things... but this just makes them look like dull. Let me give you an example:
Our working environment is not an exception, many of us delegate tasks that might be simpler if done by us alone. Some also ask questions with easy answers .. I don't know if they just over analyze things... but this just makes them look like dull. Let me give you an example:
In a known corporation, an inspector saw that the plants were wilted due to not being properly taken care of. So he made a report out of it, and gave this to his head for review. The head looking at his recommendations asked him to review the policies of the corporation if he can find something about bringing the plants outside and watering them. It took the inspector couple of months scanning every policy of the corporation but he did not find any. So he brought this to the attention of his head, and another idea popped out. The head asked him to ask all plant in-charge if they remembered watering the particular wilted plants the past few months ago. It took him two weeks to get all their feedback and all the answers he had were "No(s)" and "Maybes". Not successful of getting any information, the inspector returned to his head empty handed. Having no sufficient evidence and since the report was outdated, nothing happened.
Why do we make things too hard? Isn't it the purpose of why we're studying and working is to somehow make our lives and the lives of our future generation easier? Or maybe we are just bombarded with too many knowledge that we are no longer sure of what is the right thing to do... Sometimes, the best thing to do is to go "back to basic"... THINK SIMPLE and use your COMMON SENSE. God bless.
