Forty
years ago, a professor of architecture at the Budapest College of Applied Arts,
worked on designing a three-dimensional puzzle!
Starting with blocks of wood and rubber bands, he set out to create a structure
which would allow the individual pieces to move without the whole structure
falling apart. Professor Erno Rubik’s Cube continues to engage learners
worldwide as a thinking-toy.
In a classic Rubik's Cube, each of the
six sides has nine squares of the same colour. The six sides have six different
colours. An internal pivot
mechanism enables each layer to turn independently, thus mixing up the colours.
For the puzzle to be solved, each side must be returned to comprise of one
colour. It is easy to align same colour squares on one side. It is while
setting right the other sides, as per single colours, that the first ‘solved’
side starts getting undone.
The state of a one
side solution getting undone while trying to solve other sides is not just true
in the case of Rubik’s cube! We see similar analogies in real life situations when
we are unable to cope with multiple commitments. While we are setting right a
few of the commitments, we see the worsening of the ones which we had already
put into place.
Now let’s imagine
life’s cube to have the following six sides: self, family, friends, community,
career, life purpose. Each has many sub facets. Self would include values, health,
hobbies, leisure, etc. Family and friends would include various relationships. Community
would include various concerns and responsibilities. Life purpose would include
larger dreams, commitments, etc.
Like in solving
Rubik’s cube, to solve only a couple of sides to our Life Cube is no big deal. Real
success lies in solving all the facets to the multidimensional predicaments. The
impact happens only when all sides of our Life Cube are united in the resolution
of their challenges. We need to learn from the many that solve Rubik’s Cube
with ease. That, it is possible!
Yes,
the Life Cube can be set right for every dimension...
Like Rubik’s Cube ‘Unite to impact’ the series
of actions!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
Goa, India.
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