In one of the trainings on creative thinking that I had attended I was given this 9 point puzzle. It’s quite interesting and simple to solve. But most of the times we tend to complicate simpler things. Try it out!
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Connect all the nine points above with exactly 4 connected straight lines without lifting your pencil off the paper.
Ping me to know the right answer 
This puzzle was part of the training. Here goes the puzzle.
A man buys coconuts for $5. He sells the coconut for $3. He does this everyday and becomes a millionaire. How?
I am not going to post the answer unless you give it a try.
Let us say you are a product manager or a product owner or a person that wants to come up with a new product. How do you think creative in order to get divergent ideas that enable you to pick and choose the best idea to implement? It is always a challenge in product development. In order to sustain in the market and have a market reach, product managers need to constantly think of new ideas.
If I was to bring up new ideas for an existing product then I would go about doing brain writing exercise. Pen down all the ideas that your brain gives regarding a particular topic and then eliminate them based on the pay-off matrix. The low cost and high pay off ones are the ideas that you need to implement in your product. This is one of the keys to success.
I found some interesting article in a website. I am sure as adults even we struggle to figure out the young animals’ names. Here you go.. For more information, visit indianchild.com website.
| Antelope - calf Bear - cub Beasts of prey - whelp Beaver - kit Birds - fledgling, nestling Cat - kitten Codfish - codling, sprat Cow - calf Deer - fawn, yearling Dog - pup, puppy Duck - duckling Eagle - eaglet Eel - elver Elephant - calf Elephant seal - weaner Fish - fry Fowl - chick, chicken Fox - cub, pup Frog - polliwog, tadpole Goat - kid Goose - gosling Grouse - cheeper Guinea fowl - keet Hawk - eyas Hen - pullet |
Hippo - calf Horse - foal, yearling, or colt (male), filly (female) Kangaroo - joey Lion - cub Owl - owlet Partridge - cheeper Pig - piglet, shoat, farrow, suckling Pigeon - squab, squeaker Quail - cheeper Rabbit - bunny, kit Rat - pup Rhino - calf Rooster - cockerel Salmon - parr, smolt, grilse Seal - pup Shark - cub Sheep - lamb, lambkins Swan - cygnet Tiger - cub, whelp Turkey - poult Whale - calf Zebra - foal |
You have 999999. You can use add (+), sub (-), div (%), mul (*) symbols. The answer should be 100. How will you do this?
Ping me if you are unable to find the solution. I am sure you will as this is a much simpler one.
Most of us are slogging so much at work and quite stressed up. Why don’t we try the below steps at least a few of them to get ourselves out of stress?
1. Know what stresses you most. Not your co-worker, friend, husband, or wife. YOU!! Get your feelings out. Write them out and describe each situation. Share all bad feelings with a friend or in a journal. Before you can conquer your stresses you must know what is stressing you.
2. Say no. Focus on you own goals, not your spouse’s or parents’. You must know yourself, your dreams, and your passions. If asked to chair another group or take on another responsibility, look at your mission statement or goals for the day. If it is does not fit it there say thank you but I just cannot. Saying no is one of the hardest things in life, but will help make you a success in your chosen field.
3. Learn to relax. Work hard but know when to take time off to be with the family, go to the beach, or read a book. Work all day if you must but when you get home play, watch cartoons, or tell your child a story. This allows stress tension to go away and helps you calm the heart’s pace and digest food normally, and protect your immune system. Learn to meditate and take deep breaths to calm down.
4. Eat healthy. Eat less junk food and more fruit and vegetables for an amazing overall lowering of stress levels. We can actually lower the amount of the bad stress hormone, Cortisol, by taking vitamins. Take those vitamin pills daily.
5. Keep laughing. Keep a sense of humor. Studies show a good attitude helps lower cancer rates, makes surgery more effective, and keeps a relationship together through hard times.
6. Ask yourself WHY. Why are you doing this? Write down your wants, needs, goals, hopes, and dreams. Does what you are doing now help you get fulfill any of these things? What is your motivation? The more you understand why you doing what you are doing the less stress you will have. If you cannot come up with a good reason, then stop doing it.
7. Stay active. Exercise is a great way to relive tension and gives you a great break from exams. A healthy body makes a happy body. Even a three minute jog is helpful at taking your mind off your pressures. You’ll come back with an acute focus and renewed energy.
8. Follow your bliss. Try to know which subjects and type of people you enjoy. Structure your life around activities that you love. Joseph Campbell, a wise philosopher, advises you to follow your bliss. The more you do in life that goes with your own flow, the more passion you’ll have for what you do.
9. Organize and Prioritize. Do the worst and hardest tasks first. Keep a to-do list and calendar with you at all times. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.
