I got this forwarded message today. Liked it so much that i want to share this with you. We can apply the wisdom in our life to excel in aesi, or in our career.Difference between Focusing on Problems & Focusing on Solutions
Case 1:
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the
soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt,
they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a Whoopee amount to do so.
But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into complications of X-rays, etc., but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.
Case 2:
When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.
And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil.
Moral: Always look for simple solutions!!
If you are not clearing one particular amaesi exam of aesi, look not at the problem that aesi is getting strict, look for the things that you might have done wrong, Maybe when one line answer was sufficient, you wrote history,. Maybe the question was asking something and you gave something else. Analyze the question paper again and the answers you gave. This will bear more fruit than complaining about the transparency of aesi examination checking.
If you are not getting job after clearing aesi, look at the resume you are sending, are you following all the dictum's of sending resume. Do you modify and update your resume for the different requirements. This simple steps can do a lot. So look for solutions than mulling over problem. Mostly search for the simplest solution, that the one which is most effective.
Remember this two cases when you are faced with problem, big or small. Solve them. and focus of solutions rather than problems and look for the simplest solution.
what are your thoughts regrading this? Have you applied some simple solutions that helped you solve problems in aesi or life? Do tell us!
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