Mental Floss 110

 

 

 

 

 

The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: I have two money boxes that are exactly the same size along with two types of coin. The small coins are solid gold and are worth $10.00. The larger coins are twice the size and are worth $20.00. If we fill one money box with small coins and the other with the large, which box will contain the greater value when full?

A: In spite of the difference in size you will have the same value in coins in each money box.

This week’s thinking challenge is:

Q: Which one word can fill both gaps in the sentence. My _________ is ___________than my wallet?

The answer along with a new challenge, next week.

 

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Frank Connolly

Frank Connolly is the Principal of “Think Quick”, a business that adds value through thinking differently. His work history covers all sectors and includes initiatives that have yielded bottom line benefit in the 10’s of millions of dollars.

Frank has worked across Australia, South East Asia, China, the Middle East and Africa where he has trained and facilitated multiple thinking methods and been acknowledged by Edward de Bono as one of the foremost practitioners of the de Bono thinking methods worldwide.

Frank believes strongly that if we can improve the way we think, the actions that follow also improve.

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