Bold Thinking
When you lace a problems that seems impossible to solve. you may
seems impossible to solve, you may need some wisdom or
clear thinking to help solve it. You might need an idea thal culs through
lea hal culs through the confusion. In other
words, you might need bold thinking to cut through that Gordian kool
ent times. A wise man had once foretold that a
Oly new king would be the next man to arrive in a wagon When the peasant Gordius and
rode mo that city in a cart pulled by oxen, Gordius was proclaimed king of the city, and the city
named Gordiurn. The wise ma's prediction had comc truc Gordius then tied the pole ihat con
the oxen's yoke to his wagon using an intricate knot. According to legend, the man who could untie
the complicated loop would rule over Asia
In 333 BCE, Alexander the Great was marching into an area that is now a part of Turkey. He
came to the city called Gordium Alexander the Great studied the knot. Like many men before bin.
e could find no way to untie it. So he took his sword and sliced through it. He solved the problem in
bold and resourceful manner.
So what can you do if you are faced with a Gordian knot? Think about the problem, and then
Eure out a bold way to solve it