Challenge, What's your solution?

Challenge, What's your solution?

Imagine you borrowed USD 10K from your neighbor and promised to pay him back within one month.?

A month goes by, and your neighbor shows up on time to collect. You have nothing to give him.?The?neighbor persists in being paid. Amid his persistence, your son arrives on a surprise visit to show you his flashy second-hand BMW that he bought at a good deal.??

The neighbor decided to offer you a deal that would completely wipe out the debt you owed him. The catch was?that he would only?dismiss?the debt if he could claim your son's BMW in exchange.?

This proposition is going to be met with a look of disgust and disagreement by your son.

The neighbor, in exchange, proposed to place two pebbles into a bag,?one white and one black.??Your son would then have to reach into the bag and pick out a single stone. The debt would be wiped if it was black, but the neighbor would take the BMW for free. The deficit would also be brushed if it was white, but your son wouldn't have to surrender his car to the neighbor.?

Standing on a pebble-pathway in your garden, the neighbor bent over and picked up two pebbles. While he was picking them up, the son noticed that he'd?picked up two black stones?and placed them both into the bag.

He then asked the son to reach into the bag and pick one.

The son naturally had three choices as to what he could do:

  1. Reject to choose a pebble from the bag?
  2. Get both stones out of the bag and reveal the neighbor for deceiving.
  3. Pick a rock from the pack, fully well knowing it was black, and sacrifice your BMW for your father's freedom.

The question:?Which would be the best choice to pick??

NOTE:?It's always possible to overcome a challenging situation with "Out of the Box" thoughts and certainly not give in to the only choices you were afforded.?

Condition:?Your son is not allowed to pick a white pebble from the pebble pathway.?

Dr.karam Elzagzoug

Dentist at albarad Dental Clinics

3 年

if I were in his position I would choose to take out both stones out so i can show him that he is a cheater and he should be shamed for what he did, however that will not resolve the money . The best solution is to put in his hand whitestone and to put his hand inside the bag then to pull it out and show him the Whitestone so he wont deny it? because the another stone is black???

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