666 - Hats , Shoes , Medals

What comes to mind when we see “666″ ? ..

Movie “The Omen”..right

With so much of negatives around us , we tend to get into the mindset whether the whole world is getting to a standstill. Everyday we are bombarded with millions of information mostly about movies or politicians…. thru newspapers, billboards, ads, TV , radio , internet etc.etc… Never before mankind must have witnessed such an information explosion.

And the height of this information explosion is that “Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives“….. I include organizations as well…. because in order to sell their products/services they tend to fool around people through glamorous ads….but in reality they try to build a market for selling their products/services which never existed.. eventually we end up buying something which we really dont know..whether we need or not……

So.. What? …….This post is nothing to do about “The Omen” or about “World Economy”. I just thought of sharing something which I learned and observed from world’s celebrated thinker ” Edward De Bono ..and his books.

First a good story from one of his books,

A French farmer asked his son to sort a pile of apples into big apples and small apples. The farmer went off to the market. When he returned the son had sorted out the apples into two piles. The Father thanked his son and then put all the apples together again. The son was furious at the waste of his day’s work.

The Father explained ” I really wanted you to throw the bad apples - which you had done. But by asking you to make a much more difficult selection, you had to pay more attention to each apple”.

Sometimes , we need to “Look beyond what we see”.

Fine….When “Competency ” , ” Information” and “Technology ” are more or less becoming commodity both for the Individual and organization …..the game no longer is what you possess… but what valuable you produce/deliver with what you possess. So it is important for the Individual and the organization to find simple ways to leverage thinking , action and values.

This simple formula which I see from three of his important books can come to the rescue.

Thinking(Hats) + Action(Shoes) = Results(Medals)

Many of us realize “Success” based on “Results “where “Results” mostly translate/calibrate to the word “Money”.

Today the market-buzz is not just money …but a” Value For Money“.

We can easily understand money because we can see it and also we can show it to others. But ” Values” are implied , hence it is very difficult to identify and also ensure we realize them…”The Six Value Medals” can be of help

By-the-way…the three important Edward De Bono’s books are……Six Thinking hats……Six Action Shoes……Six Value Medals….

Nowadays “666″ reminds me the “Good Omen”. ..6 ways of thinking , 6 Ways of Action and 6 Ways of Valuation…

Go ahead..use your Hats , identify the right Shoes ..and go for the Medals…..

 

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