Lateral thinking

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU .P. Psychologist & Advocate Corporate Trainer Motivational Speaker

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This ppt was used by Sri Jawaharlal Nehru, as a part of his presentation on Lateral Thinking at the 134th Session on Personality Development, at Sri Shirdi Sai Baba Sansthan, Shivam Road, Hyderabad. His lecture, in Telugu, can be heard by visiting: www.archive.org and searching for Sri Jawaharlal Nehru.

Transcript of Lateral thinking

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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU .P. Psychologist & Advocate

Corporate Trainer Motivational Speaker

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• Lateral thinking is a term coined by Edward de Bono.

• He defines lateral thinking as methods of thinking concerned with changing concepts and perception.

• Its about reasoning that is not immediately obvious & about ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic…

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• Let us check your lateral thinking...

• Please look image … Answer the Question …?

• Be sincere & lets get started.

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There are Six Eggs in the Basket. Six People each take one egg..

How CAN it be that one egg is left in the basket ..?

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Acting on an anonymous phone call .. The police raid a house to arrest a suspected “ Murderer”.

They don’t know what he looks like, but they know his name is John.

Inside they find a Carpenter, a Lorry Driver, a Car Mechanic and a Fireman Playing cards.

Without even asking his name, they immediately arrest the fireman…

How do they know they’ve got their man?

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3glasses filled with Orange Juice;

Other 3 are Empty.

By MOVING (NOT Changing) only one Glass …

Can you arrange them so the full and empty glasses alternate..?

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Then, one stormy winter night

when an icy gale was blowing, he had a nervous breakdown. He went upstairs, turned off all the lights and went to bed.

Next morning , he had caused the death of several hundred people.. !! How .. ??

There was once a recluse who never left his home.

The only time anyone ever visited him was when his food and supplies were delivered, But they never came inside

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Lets think a while…Having Eye is not useful to life, if there is NO LIFE VISION.

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There are Six Eggs in the Basket. Six People each take one egg..

How can it be that one egg is left in the basket ..?

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Acting on an anonymous phone call .. The police raid a house to arrest a suspected “ Murderer”.

They don’t know what he looks like, but they know his name is John.

Inside they find a Carpenter, a Lorry Driver, a Car Mechanic and a Fireman Playing cards.

Without even asking his name, they immediately arrest the fireman.

How do they know they’ve got their man?

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Three of the glasses are filled with Orange Juice ;

The other three are Empty.

(NOT Changing) only one Glass ….,

Can you arrange them so the full and empty glasses alternate..?

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There was once a recluse who never left his home.

The only time anyone ever visited him was when his food and supplies were delivered, But they never came inside.

Then, one stormy winter night when an icy gale was blowing, he had a nervous breakdonw.

He went upstairs, turned off all the lights and went to bed.

Next morning , he had caused the death of several hundred people.. !!

How .. ??

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Affectionate..

• JAWAHARLAL NEHRU .P.

• Psychologist & Advocate

• Corporate Trainer

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