5. “it's not about whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's whether there is something in the glass at all.” The SCHOOL TEACHER
6. The professional trainer doesn’t care, he just knows that starting the discussion will give him 10 minutes to figure out why his powerpoint presentation isn’t working.
7. The ground-down mother of a persistently demanding five-year-old says.. “ sweetheart it's whatever you want it to be, just please let mummy have 5 minutes peace & quiet.”
8. let's examine the question, prepare a strategy for an answer, and all for a daily rate of... THE CONSULTANT
9. The Worrier Oh! The remaining half will evaporate by next morning…….
11. The waiter will hurry to replace the glass with a full one. For him there are no doubts: the glass was empty when he took it away; it is full in the bill that he brings you.
13. "Is the half-empty/half-full glass really that important? I mean... really? Think about it. If fact, let's not. Let's set that particular issue aside for a few moments and talk about what's really bothering you.." The psychiatrist
14. The musician says he is unimpressed with the promoter of the concert for not providing more alcohol.
15. The computer specialist says that “next year the glass capacity will double, be half the price, but cost you 50% more for me to give you the answer. ”
16. The physician says that the glass is not empty at all - it is half-filled with water and half-filled with air - hence, fully filled on the whole!
17. The ineffective organization would discuss the question during the board of directors meeting, convene a committee to research the problem, and assign tasks for a root cause analysis, usually without a complete explanation of the problem to those assigned the tasks. The directors would consider the problem to be above the pay grade of those assigned root cause analysis tasks.
18. The algebraic simultaneous equation theorist says that if the glass is equally half full and half empty, then….. half full(b) = half empty(a); therefore ½ x b = ½ x a; therefore (by multiplying both sides of the equation by 2) we show that b = a; i.e. Full equals Empty!
19. The 'perfect' 1950s housewife would not leave the glass sitting there long enough for anyone to consider the question, but would scoop it up, wash it up, dry it to a gleaming shine and put it back in the glass cabinet in a jiffy. No half-full or half-empty in her world... just a full glass or an untidy one.
20. The same glass.. The same amount of water… Different views… None of these are right; none of these are wrong… They are just different !! NPS
