“Learn to focus on solutions not on problems.”
One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box 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 soap box 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 soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty.
No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount to do so. But when a workman was posed with the same problem, 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 soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.
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"It's better to escape from a problem when its inevitable to face it."
When we put our house up for sale, I stressed emphatically that my sons make their beds each morning. I left for work before they left for school, and I wanted to be sure that the house looked presentable when the agent showed it to prospective buyers.
I was surprised and impressed that my 15-year-old son's bed was perfectly made each day. One night when I went into his room, I
discovered his secret.
discovered his secret.
He was fast asleep on the floor in his sleeping bag.
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“Never leave any stone unturned, wherever it might be.”
3 friends die in a car accident and they go to an orientation in heaven. They are all asked, "When you are in your casket and friends and family are mourning you, what would you like to hear them say about you?
The first guy says, “I would like to hear them say that I was a great doctor of my time, and a great family man." The second guy says, "I would like to hear that I was a wonderful husband and school teacher which made a huge difference in our children of tomorrow."
The last guy replies, "I would like to hear them say ...
Look, He's Moving!
Look, He's Moving!
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“Stupidity has a crazy sense of humor and timing, which can even solve most difficult of the situations.”
Three rednecks were working up on a cell phone tower: Cooter, Ray and Donnie. As they start their descent, Cooter slips, falls off the tower and is killed instantly. As the ambulance takes the body away, Ray says, "Well, somebody's gotta go and tell his wife."
Donnie says, "OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do it." Two hours later, Donnie comes back carrying a case of Budweiser. Ray says, "Where did you get that beer, Donnie?"
"Cooter's wife gave it to me," Ray replies.
"That's unbelievable," says Ray. "You told that lady her husband is dead, and she gives you a case of beer?" "Well, not exactly," says Donnie. "When she answered the door, I said to her, 'You must be Cooter's widow'." She said, "You must be mistaken... I ain't a widow."
Then I said, "I'll bet a case of Budweiser you are."
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