There was an absent-minded man who could never remember in the morning where he had put the things he would need for the next day. One night, he hit upon the idea of writing down exactly where everything was. Sitting in bed, he wrote: “My keys are on the night table. My wallet is in my pants and my pants are hanging on the chair next to the bedroom window. My shoes are under the bed. My jacket is hanging in the closet. My address book is in the inside pocket of my jacket. My watch is on the mantle piece. And I am in bed.” When he awakened in the morning, with his notes guiding him he found his…
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