[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A group of junior-level executives were participating in a management training program. The seminar leader pounded home his point about the need to make decisions and take action on those decisions. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"For instance," he said, "if you had five frogs on a log and three of them decided to jump, how many frogs would you have left on the log?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The answer from the group was unanimous, "Two." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Wrong," replied the speaker. "There would still be five, because there is a difference between deciding to jump and jumping." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"For instance," he said, "if you had five frogs on a log and three of them decided to jump, how many frogs would you have left on the log?" [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]The answer from the group was unanimous, "Two." [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]"Wrong," replied the speaker. "There would still be five, because there is a difference between deciding to jump and jumping." [/FONT]
