Imagine you're in London's Heathrow Airport. While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a kiosk selling shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your traveling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally, you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your traveling bag and pull out your box of shortbread cookies. As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely.
He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.
Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some nerve! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaks it in half and gives half to you. After he's finished with his half, he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when suddenly you glance down into your traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies...still unopened.
Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view.
Is it time to change your point of view?
Now, think of this story as it relates to your life. Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening.
Think outside the box.
Don't settle for the status quo.
Be open to suggestions.
Things may not be what they seem.
Unless and until one realizes about the fact, no one will change his or her view of thinking in spite of a lot of external factors.
Every Point has THREE Sides: Your Side, My Side, and The Right Side.
To understand either the Other's Side or the Right Side, one needs to leave His Side.
From India, Pune
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3He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your hand as you pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reaches over and takes one of your cookies from the box and eats it! You're more than a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.
Now, what's your immediate impression of this guy? Crazy? Greedy? He's got some nerve! Can you imagine the words you might use to describe this man to your associates back at the office? Meanwhile, you both continue eating the cookies until there's just one left. To your surprise, the man reaches over and takes it. But then he does something unexpected. He breaks it in half and gives half to you. After he's finished with his half, he gets up, and without a word, he leaves.
You think to yourself, "Did this really happen?" You're left sitting there dumbfounded and still hungry. So you go back to the kiosk and buy another box of cookies. You then return to your seat and begin opening your new box of cookies when suddenly you glance down into your traveling bag. Sitting there in your bag is your original box of cookies...still unopened.
Only then do you realize that when you reached down earlier, you had reached into the other man's bag and grabbed his box of cookies by mistake. Now what do you think of the man? Generous? Tolerant? You've just experienced a profound paradigm shift. You're seeing things from a new point of view.
Is it time to change your point of view?
Now, think of this story as it relates to your life. Seeing things from a new point of view can be very enlightening.
Think outside the box.
Don't settle for the status quo.
Be open to suggestions.
Things may not be what they seem.
Unless and until one realizes about the fact, no one will change his or her view of thinking in spite of a lot of external factors.
Every Point has THREE Sides: Your Side, My Side, and The Right Side.
To understand either the Other's Side or the Right Side, one needs to leave His Side.
From India, Pune
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Well said!
It makes me think as to how many times do we actually apply this theory of thinking out of the box. I myself preach the same during feedback and training sessions; however, I fail to make this quality an inherent part of my attitude.
If you have any suggestions, let me know :)
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From India, Chandigarh
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It makes me think as to how many times do we actually apply this theory of thinking out of the box. I myself preach the same during feedback and training sessions; however, I fail to make this quality an inherent part of my attitude.
If you have any suggestions, let me know :)
Regards,
From India, Chandigarh
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No kidding, I have gone through this in my personal life. When you come out of your confines, acknowledging and complementing the being of others, you feel a kind of peace that you probably may be meditating to find out!
So very true, but it is equally sad that we tend to restrict our horizons so often, forgetting that in doing so, we are thwarting our own growth.
Good piece of posting.
Daizy
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So very true, but it is equally sad that we tend to restrict our horizons so often, forgetting that in doing so, we are thwarting our own growth.
Good piece of posting.
Daizy
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terrific article. It takes sensitivity and maturity to look at the other person’s perspective, and is one of the things that are MUCH easier said than done.
From India, Gurgaon
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From India, Gurgaon
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Good One! Helps me realise the importance of speech or "voice" and how much of a diffrence it can make at crucial moments! Thanks for posting this... Regards, Anubhuti
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From India, New Delhi
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Hi!
How I wish that many, if not all of us, could see things from different angles. From this story, one can really learn the lesson of not insisting on his or her side of the story only but seeing the importance of considering others' opinions based on their perception too.
Thanks for sharing! 😄
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How I wish that many, if not all of us, could see things from different angles. From this story, one can really learn the lesson of not insisting on his or her side of the story only but seeing the importance of considering others' opinions based on their perception too.
Thanks for sharing! 😄
From Philippines
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This ideology needs to be applied in every department of life, especially in social harmony and understanding of different nations, religious groups, or whatever may arise when everybody thinks to start in this way. This is the way to go forward. Excellent! I say again.
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Khaled
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Khaled
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