Think wisely always... *wink* :P

I had some thinking to do today at my strategice management class today. Dr Daniel Simon posed a question for us to think about:

There is one child playing on the disused railway track while there is a group of children playing on the used railway track. There is a train approaching. You are at the railway track interchange point. Would you change the railway track and let the train used the disused track and sacrifice the lone child to save the group of children? Or would you do nothing about it and sacrifice the group of children?

I found this question pretty tricky. Most of the people would choose to divert the train and sacrifice the lone child to save the group of children. This is a common view as to save more people the better.

But there are a few of us who choose to ignore it and let the train continue its way. I was one of them.

One of the reasons to do so is that the children who are playing on the used railway already knows that it is dangerous to play there and that they should be more alert than any others as they know the danger they are involved in. So they should be aware of the approaching train and they will made their escape from it. Moreover, they have the responsibility to take care of themselves as they know the consequences of what they may get.

Have you ever thought why the child would choose to play by himself on the disused track instead of joining the rest of the group on the used track? Well, that child is smart and he is well aware of the risks that are involved. Hahaha...maybe the saying about the smart ones can survive is really true after all? This is pretty applicable to our daily work. If you are the boss, would you choose to keep an effective and efficient worker or to keep a group of workers who are not productive? Well, this reason seems harsh but it sounds really like the reality world that we live in isn't it? Haiz...

But the most important reason I want to highlight on is that you have to consider the reason for the disused track: WHY is the track not in use in the first place? It is highly possible that this railway track is dangerous to use and if you change the track, there is high possibility that the passengers on the train will be in danger. You might have saved the group of children but you might also have sacrificed the whole train of passengers! It is truly not easy to make a decision too...lol

After hearing all this, I thought of one thing:

The right decision is not always popular; and the popular decision is not always right.

True enough...how many decisions we make in our life are right? At least I believe, through God, you might not 100% always make the right decision too...but I know you will be much minise on the wrong mistakes you make. Thank God I found you.

"Your decision should be God's decision for you. It may not be a popular decision, but it certainly will not be the wrong decision too...yeah...lol"