'Frame' In Mind

   Took an interesting business class today, Human mind and word tricks and all.

   There was a quiz that nobody in the class room knew the answer.

   [A father and a son was driving a car and they had an accident. It killed the father and his son was taken to the hospital. The doctor saw him and said, "I will not perform the surgery on him. He is my son!"

   So, what's going on?]

   The answer to this is revealed at the end of this post.

   The class was explaining the importance of the 'Frame', which was like asking, 'What kind of colored glasses are you wearing on your mind?'. Having a point of view, perspective or an opinion are some resembling examples.

   There were also some other interesting examples of this world of words.

   [A: Do you support donating organs?

   B : Do you not support donating organs?]

   Depending on the area, only 5% to 25% of the population said they support organ donation for the question A. They didn't want to say they would give away their organs.

   For the question B, 95% to 99% answered they support organ donation. They supported what's morally right for the ones who needed it. At the same time, they didn't feel the responsibility to giving away their own organs.

   Same things, different order of saying it, different result.

   [A : Can I smoke while I pray?

   B : Am I allowed to pray if I was smoking?]

   Same things, different order, different result.

   [Which one would you hire?

   A : Active / Smart / Critical / Cynical / Depressed person

   B : Depressed / Cynical / Critical / Smart / Active person]

   Same person, different order, different impression.

   Asking the right question is very important, the class said.

   And make habit of paying attention to other person's strong sides, acknowledge, support and compliment them if that's what you wish them to be. You'll be the one who's giving them that 'Frame'. Then they will pay attention to those sides of themselves.

   And make sure to have positive attitude to things as well. That is the frame you give to yourself. It is a choice of the color of glasses you wear.

   It's something to help seeing the world differently, I feel, if one choses to. A bit brighter place, if that's what I want it to be.

   Speaking of examples, do you remember the first story? The son's father is dead but the doctor showed up saying that kid is the doctor's son?

   The doctor was his mother.

   It's a simplest quiz. But depending on how one was practiced to think, this was also a very difficult quiz to some.