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The Magic of Fairy Tales: Keeping the Art of Storytelling Alive

From the treasure trove of our childhood memories emerge the enchanting stories told by grandparents, parents, or caregivers. Fairy tales, those captivating narratives, whisked us away to realms where dragons soared, ogres devoured misbehaving children, princesses discovered love in the most unexpected places, and ordinary objects concealed extraordinary secrets. But these stories offer us more ...

Nathan Machoka

Girl reading a story to her stuffed animals.

Life Experience and Wisdom: A Peasant Woman’s Peppers

There is a farmer’s market every day in China — if farmers or people from a village have more produce than their family can eat, they often sell the excess, such as peppers, at the market. One day, a housewife took a break from her daily routine and decided to visit the local farmers market. ...

Emma Lu

Red, yellow, and green peppers sitting in a basket.

2 Short Stories Showing How Lateral Thinking Works 

The best way to think is to break down the barriers that confine your thought processes and change stereotypical problem-solving. The following two stories show how two people used lateral thinking and thought differently about challenges, which might inspire you.  Lateral thinking reveals the value of garbage  In 1946, a Jewish father and his son arrived in the United States. They settled ...

Helen London

Light bulbs standing upright on a table with one of them lit.

5 Examples of Reverse Thinking: Using Creative Ways to Find Solutions

Reverse thinking means solving a problem using an approach different from the traditional ones. Sometimes, difficult problems might be solved in a surprising way if reverse thinking is adopted. Reverse thinking means looking at the problem from the opposite way around. Some people advocate flipping the problem, looking at the negative, and reversing it to ...

Helen London

Doctors examining the human brain.

Marketing Combs to Monks in a Startling Way

A large company was looking to expand, so they hired a marketing director. Many people responded to the job posting. The hiring manager thought he would hold a competition instead of selecting one of the candidates by holding interviews. He decided the marketing task for the applicants would be to sell as many combs as ...

David Jirard

A large gathering of monks wearing orange robes.