Win-Win

Its another one of my family's post-dinner talk and my father shared with us one story which I thought was rather meaningful and was very related to Hwa Chong's philosophy "win-win". The story starts with a young man asking a wise old man what is the difference between hell and heaven. The wise old man said, "Hell and Heaven both have unlimited delicacies. But there is one peculiar rule in Hell and Heaven - diners must use a four feet fork to eat. Spirits who went to Heaven survive. On the other hand, the spirits who went to Hell died." *Its illogical as spirits can't die...*

The young man was curious and asked for a reason. The wise old said, "Spirits who went to Hell cannot use the four feet forks. The forks were too long. However, the spirits who went to Heaven did not use the forks to feed themselves. They use the forks to feed others and others feed them with their fork." I thought this story was rather interesting. Astonishing, my father told me its an economic anecdote. Its purpose is to tell the entrepreneurs that feedbacks are very important. I interpreted the story my own way and thought that its about win-win situation.

I personally feel that helping each other out is extremely important in modern hectic lifestyle. If we ever think of doing everything ourselves without anybody's help, regardless its family, friends or colleagues, I think our life will be a very stressful one. Needing someone's help does not mean showing weaknesses on your part. When I was in primary school, I used to refuse help on some unimportant stuff. I did not know the reason why but now, I think maybe I thought that but asking for assistance in some minor stuff,I am showing that I am incapable.

It also reminded me of the Adam Khoo course "Take Flight" in Primary 6. On one of the activities, we were grouped into pairs and were supposed to play Tic-Tac-Toe. Each groups were given two Tic-Tac-Toe template. The winner of all groups is to let both your partner and yourself to win as much as possible. I did what I thought was right and went to cross out every box. My partner which is also my best friend eyed me with suspicion and surprise but I reckoned he trusted me so he did not object to my actions. In the end, we were the only group who won and we surprised the trainers completely with the answer to the "riddle". That's definitely one nice memory! Maybe, I am fated to come Hwa Chong! *Not considering the fact that I have not heard of Hwa Chong when I was P6.*

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