Ok. So I couldn't solve the Rubik's Cube when I was a kid. There wasn't a You CAN Do the Rubik's Cube program around back then! I tried once or twice and that was enough for me to be humiliated. I never picked it up again... until I was an adult. And I mean a middle-aged adult. Whatever that means?!
Anyway, this time somebody shared some information about the Rubik's cube that I wasn't aware of, or not smart enough to figure it out on my own. With this little bit of knowledge, I was able to follow some instructions that were pretty old but supposedly effective in helping others solve the cube.
After reading the instructions over and over again, and a few several phone calls to my colleagues and others, I finally solved the Rubik's Cube! I was so excited I showed my kids and my wife and ran around the house with joy!
Then, after I calmed down, I cautiously mixed it up and did it again. I failed a few times, along the way, but I did solve it over and over again. What me and my colleague realized was that there was a better way to show people how to solve the Rubik's cube. Once that was created, we began to test the new way to do it.
And then something special happened - we realized how much fun it was to share the secret with others! Every time somebody solved the Rubik's cube, we got excited all over again. It was the coolest thing to experience. And not only that, we actually witnessed people who solved the Rubik's cube for their first time teaching other people how to solve it. It was contagious!
I still have fun teaching people how to solve the Rubik's cube! There's nothing like watching somebody think they can't do something, and then showing them how to do it and watching them succeed. And along the way - there are so many other things happening! It can transform the relationships because it's a rite of passage that's happening right there before your very eyes!
Pretty cool...
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Oct 01 2008, 03:47 PM
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