There’s a great story I heard once. True or not? Who cares….
There was a woman who was preparing a ham for Thanksgiving Dinner. The entire family was gathered in the kitchen and a sister noticed that the woman chopped off both ends of the ham prior to putting it in the oven.
“Why did you do that?” she asked.
“Well…I don’t know. That’s just the way mom always did it.”
Stumped, they both called their mother into the kitchen.
“Mom…why did you used to chop both ends of the ham off prior to putting it into the oven?” they asked.
“You know…I don’t know. That’s just the way your Grandpa used to do it.”
They called Grandpa into the kitchen.
“Grandpa…please help us. Why did you used to chop both ends of the ham off before you put it in the oven?”
Grandpa smiled.
“Well, when your Grandma and I were first married, we could only afford a small pot for cooking, so we had to chop off the ends of the ham to make it fit into the pot.”
WHAT new problems are you trying to solve with old methods? Are your assumptions limiting your creativity?
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