A father left 17 Camels as
an Asset for his Three Sons. When the Father passed away, his sons opened up
the will.
The Will of the Father
stated that the Eldest son should get Half of 17 Camels, The Middle Son should
be given 1/3rd of 17 Camels, Youngest Son should be given 1/9th of the 17
Camels, As it is not possible to divide 17 into half or 17 by 3 or 17 by 9, the
sons started to fight with each other.
Therefore, they decided to
go to a wise man.
The wise man listened
patiently about the Will. The wise man, after giving this thought, brought one
camel of his own and added the same to 17. That increased the total to 18
camels.
Now, he started reading the
deceased father’s will.
Half of 18 = 9. So he gave 9
camels to the eldest son.
1/3rd of 18 = 6. So he gave
6 camels to the middle son.
1/9th of 18 = 2. So he gave
2 camels to the youngest son.
Now add this up: 9 + 6 + 2 =
17 &
This leaves 1 camel, which
the wise man took back.
MORAL: The
attitude of negotiation and problem solving is to find the 18th camel i.e. the
common ground. Once a person is able to find the common ground, the issue is
resolved. It is difficult at times. However, to reach a solution, the first
step is to believe that there is a solution. If we think that there is no solution,
we won’t be able to reach any!
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