The Front Line Guide to Thinking Clearly

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Chapter 1

The Lesson from the Other

Side of the Fence

man drives past an institution for mentally-disturbed

patients when his right front tire goes flat. He pulls to

the side of the road, jacks up the car, removes the wheel

cover, loosens the four lug nuts, puts them in the wheel cover,

and proceeds to remove the tire. As he does so, he bumps the

wheel cover and all four lug nuts spill out and roll through a

grate and into the sewer. Cursing his clumsiness, he exclaims

aloud, “What am I going to do?”

Behind him, a voice says, “Why don’t you take one lug

nut from each of the other three wheels and use them for the

spare tire until you ...