Perception & Value
admin Popularity: 55% [?] June 1st, 2008
This is totally off topic, and I apologize in advance.
I will also provide a warning to anyone that may be offended by borderline rude jokes. I don’t consider this rude at all, but for the benefit of doubt, do not read on if you feel you could be offended.
Sometimes we need to take a break from the hectic daily activities of being who we are. People have reminded me often enough to stop and smell the roses once in a while. There’s no point racing like crazy towards goals and aspirations, arriving at the destination, and having no recollection of the journey.
Today’s post is about perception and value. It is off topic, yet in a strange way when I read it this morning, I knew it was something that could brighten at least one person’s day.
It reminded me of negotiating and the importance of understanding what is motivating others in the negotiation. By understanding the other person’s motivation we have a chance at extracting full value from the equation. Enough serious talk here is today’s post. Enjoy - or stop reading now.
This is a joke that is supposed to bring you luck. I did not write it, and nor is the original author known. You are welcome to copy it and send it on as you see fit.
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An elderly woman walked into a Canadian Bank one morning with a purse full of money. She wanted to open a savings account and insisted on talking to the president of the Bank because, she said, she had a lot of money.
After many lengthy discussions (after all, the client is always right) an employee took the elderly woman to the president’s office.
The president of the Bank asked her how much she wanted to deposit. She placed her purse on his desk and replied, ‘$165,000′. The president was curious and asked her how she had been able to save so much money. The elderly woman replied that she made bets.
The president was surprised and asked, ‘What kind of bets?’
The elderly woman replied, ‘Well, I bet you $25,000 that your testicles are square.’
The president started to laugh and told the woman that it was impossible to win a bet like that.
The woman never batted an eye. She just looked at the president and said, ‘Would you like to take my bet?’
‘Certainly’, replied the president. ‘I bet you $25,000 that my testicles are not square.’
‘Done’, the elderly woman answered. ‘But given the amount of money involved, if you don’t mind I would like to come back at 10 o’ clock tomorrow morning with my lawyer as a witness.’ ‘No problem’, said the president of the Bank confidently.
That night, the president became very nervous about the bet and spent a long time in front of the mirror examining his testicles, turning them this way and that, checking them over again and again until he was positive that no one could consider his testicles square, and reassuring himself that there was no way he could lose the bet.
The next morning at exactly 10 o’clock the elderly woman arrived at the president’s office with her lawyer and restated the $25,000 bet made the day before that the president’s testicles were square.
The president confirmed that the bet was the same as the one made the day before. Then the elderly woman asked him to drop his pants etc. so that she and her lawyer could see clearly.
The president was happy to oblige.
The elderly woman came closer so she could see better and asked the president if she could touch them. ‘Of course’, said the president. ‘Given the amount of money involved, you should be 100% sure.’
The elderly woman did so with a little smile. Suddenly the president noticed that the lawyer was banging his head against the wall. He asked the elderly woman why he was doing that and she replied, ‘Oh, it’s probably because I bet him $100,000 that around 10 o’clock in the morning I would be holding the balls of the President of the Bank!’
The origin of this Canadian story is unknown but it brings luck to everyone to whom it is sent. Feel free to send it on - if nothing else it is a light hearted story with a message. “Understand the art of negotiation.”
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