In Rene Magritte's famous 1940 painting Homesickness, we see a man who is so
concerned about something so trivial as homesickness that he is unaware of a
real threat just behind him.

Some people cannot see a tree because the forest to too dense. You must learn to pick important facts from a world of superfluous information. When dealing with others, be they salespersons, con artists, telemarketers, or even supposed friends, you must be aware and learn to pick out the truth from a flood of words.

Find the simple answer to seemly complicated questions

Here are some questions, which, although they seem complicated, have simple answers if you look beyond the obvious.

1. Where can anybody but you sit?

2. Why would a maid prefer to wash a mirror than a window of the same size, assuming they are both easily accessible?

3. How can you throw a ball so that it will reverse direction and return to you without bouncing against or touching any solid object?

4. Your bed and the light switch are 15 feet apart. Without using any object or mechanical device, such as a pole or remote switch, how can you turn off the light and get into bed before the room is dark?

5. Ned's cabin is 25 degrees below zero. He only has one match left. He has a candle, an oil lamp, and fireplace with kindling, each ready to be lit. Which should he light first?

6. What common mechanical transports in New York City carry three times as many passengers daily as all the city's subways, trains, buses, cars, and taxis combined?

7. Why didn't William Taft run for a third term as President?

8. What is cowhide chiefly used for?

9. Can you rearrange these letters into one long word: doornonegwl.

10. If Betty Ross were living today, what would she be most noted for?

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