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This is a very interesting (and funny) piece on the education system in general – what children learn at school in contrast to the environment they live in today. It also demonstrates the power of visualization in presentations and is just a great way to present or capture meeting results etc.

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An Andersen Consultant and a Deloitte Consultant are sitting next to each other on a long flight from LA to NY. The Andersen Consultant leans over to the Deloitte Consultant and asks if he would like to play a fun game. The Deloitte Consultant just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks. The Andersen Consultant persists and explains that the game is real easy and a lotta fun. He explains “I ask you a question, and if you don’t know the answer, you pay me $5. Then you ask me a question, and if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $5.”

Again, the Deloitte Consultant politely declines and tries to get to sleep. The Andersen Consultant, now somewhat agitated, says, “OK, if you don’t know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don’t know the answer, I’ll pay you $50!”

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John Cleese gives a short lecture on creativity and how reliable the subconscious continues working even when we sleep. This phenomenom is also known from hypnosis or other states of mind human beings are completly focused on just one thing and loose track of the time. It´s also an interesting piece on story-telling.


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