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Sep2019

Mental Floss 109

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: Which of the following is the odd one out and why? EGG, FISH, TABLE, FOUNDATION, BET. A: Fish. You can't lay a fish. This week's thinking challenge is: Q: I have two ... Read More
September 13, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019
              A show of hands please .... "Who has wasted time in a meeting recently"? It's a rhetorical question of course, but when we ask this within any organisation virtually everyone in the room will raise their hands and a ripple of ... Read More
September 12, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Mental Floss 108

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach? A: Only one because after one the stomach is no longer empty. While on the egg theme, here is this week's challenge. Here is ... Read More
September 6, 2019Frank Connolly

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Sep2019

Think Well & Prosper

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          We've all heard this quotation from Albert Einstein, we all know it to be absolutely true yet, too often we persist with the same old thinking. There are many ways to upgrade and turbo-charge your thinking and here is one of many ... Read More
September 2, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 107

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What has no beginning, no end and nothing in the middle? A: A Doughnut. This week's thinking challenge is ... Q: How many eggs can you eat on an empty stomach?... Read More
August 30, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 106

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: What is the next letter in this sequence  O T T F F S …? A: The letter S. They are the initial letters for the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. This ... Read More
August 23, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019
                    Click Here to register!         According to the World Economic forum the 3 skills that will be in most demand in the workplace in 2020 will be: A) Creative ... Read More
August 20, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 105

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A completely naked man robs a kiosk and then runs off into the crowd. The police are unable to find him and all of the witnesses have trouble describing him. Why? A: The ... Read More
August 16, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 104

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      The answer to last week's challenge is Q: One family wants to get through a tunnel at night. Dad can make it in 1 minute, mom in 2 minutes, son in 4 minutes and daughter in 5 minutes. Unfortunately, not more than ... Read More
August 9, 2019Frank Connolly

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Aug2019

Mental Floss 103

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                  The answer to last week's challenge is Q: There are 20 people in an empty, square room. Each person has full sight of the entire room and everyone in it without turning his head or body, or moving in any way. ... Read More
August 2, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 102

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A woman has 7 children, half of them are boys. How is this possible? A: She has all boys so the other half are boys too. This week's thinking challenge is ...... Read More
July 26, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 101

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A man phoned his daughter to ask her to buy a few things he needed for a trip. He told her she would find enough dollar bills for the purchases in an envelope on ... Read More
July 19, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 100

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A building is being prepared for opening. People are decorating the building with 12 flags. At first they arrange the flags 4 to a side, as shown, but then they see that the flags ... Read More
July 12, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jul2019

Mental Floss 99

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: You are on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of the country and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the mainland. ... Read More
July 5, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jun2019

Mental Floss 98

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      The answer to last week's challenge is Q: After teaching his class all about roman numerals (X=10, IX=9 and so on) the teacher asked his class to draw a single continuous line and turn IX into 6. The only stipulation the teacher ... Read More
June 28, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jun2019

Mental Floss 97

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: A rich old lady died and left all her money to her grandchildren and her children. At the end of the will she stated that she had one last thing to give away: her ... Read More
June 21, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jun2019

Mental Floss 96

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      The answer to last week's challenge is Q: During a visit to a mental asylum, a visitor asked the Director what the criteria is that defines if a patient should be admitted. “Well,” said the Director, “we fill up a bathtub. Then ... Read More
June 14, 2019Frank Connolly

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Jun2019

Mental Floss 95

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        The answer to last week's challenge is Q: You’re riding a horse. To the right of you is a cliff and in front of you is an elephant moving at the same pace and you can’t overtake it. To the left of ... Read More
June 7, 2019Frank Connolly

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May2019

Mental Floss 94

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          The answer to last week's challenge is Q: It is a well established fact that Chinese men eat more rice that Japanese men. Why is this? A: Because there are so many more of them. This week's challenge is .. Q: ... Read More
May 31, 2019Frank Connolly

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May2019
                  For our Middle-Eastern colleagues we will be in the UAE in July and holding  3 day session in Creative Thinking & Complex Problem Solving. This 3 day interactive course day will provide participants with tools and end-to-end processes incorporating a ... Read More
May 27, 2019Frank Connolly