I often turn to kids to tap in to some fresh, pure, un-cluttered, uni-dimensional, courageous thinking.
Its interesting to watch them analyze grave subjects and come up with probable solution.
They are not too sensitive to feedback (one saying other "what a dumb idea! you shut up !") neither they are afraid to accept others' idea ("cool didi .. thats a great idea !").
Today morning, the kids of the apartment complex I live in got a really grave subject to discuss. Theft !
Last night, between 3AM - 4AM, 3-4 apartments within the complex were burgled. The thieves were confident climbers, as proficient in sneaking in through high rise balconies, as our security guards are proficient in sleeping through the night ! They have just taken cash from all the wallets left in living rooms and had time to remove the SIM Cards before taking all the mobile phones too.
So in the morning, when the residents are all in a state of nervous excitement, all pointing fingers to security guard, police doing some investigation etc. kids started their parallel analysis.
- "The apartment complex has just one gate, where security office is there. All other sides are apartments. So it has to be insiders. Not people from outside"
- "Police should go look for people who are sleepy now in the morning time. If some of them are sleeping with cash and mobile, then they are the theives"
- "lets just call the mobile phone they have taken and ask where are you? "
- "Some people become thief because they did not study when they were kids. Lets put a poster, if you are a thief, we can teach you math for free"
- "our karate teacher should stay here in the night. He can kick all the thieves"
And many more. Agreed, most of these have been shaped by the TV they watch and other stuff, but the focus and team work is exemplary.
Adults simply have forgotten this level of team work, while developing their ego over the years, somewhere ! Who stole that from all of us ???
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