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"This'll Get Your Mind Whirring!"
Hello
A
friend of mine sent me this – it’s fascinating.
I’m sure...
You’ll want to try it on your friends and colleagues
Here goes:
First: pick the number of times you'd like to go out for dinner each week (Over
1 but under 10)
Then: multiply that number by 2
Then: Add 5 to the result
Then: multiply the result by 50
Then: If you HAVE had your birthday this year already – add 1758
If you HAVE NOT had your birthday this year yet – add 1757
Next...
Subtract the four digit year of your birth
And the answer will be...
A
three digit number
The first digit will be the number of times you wanted to eat out – and the
second two numbers will be your age!
And so...
How can we use this to be more successful either in our personal lives or in our
business activities?
Here are my thoughts for you...
Well – life is all about numbers; they winkle their magic into everything we do.
Many famous painters were also fabulous mathematicians. Yes – they planned their
masterpieces in minute detail using figures mathematical as well as figures
supine.
Many people are obsessed by the number of years they’ve lived – thinking certain
activities are no longer for them.
And yet...
When we remain child-like, thinking with a mind of younger numbers; in our
approach to many of the challenges life javelins our way – solutions unlikely –
pop up and astound us!
And even more...
Here’s another mathematical certainty:
If you could increase your prices by 1%
If you could increase your sales by 1%
If you could reduce your costs by 1%
Stand by...
Because this could mean a 30% increase in profits (assuming 10% net
profit in the first place)
It’s the magic of maths, the fascination of fractions; the non-nebulocity of
numbers
And so...
Will you take a few numbered minutes – just a few and think of the various ways
in which you can use the friction of figures to rub up some more results
Oh and by the way...
Perhaps share the little puzzle we started with together
Must go – calculator’s cooing at me
Go on then...
Peter Thomson
Editor and Mathematically Fascinated Publisher
tgiMondays
Please do email me with any feedback or comments.
peter@tgimondays.com
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