This morning I received a gift. At the end of this morning’s AIM Institute Speaker Series presentation, I correctly “guessed” the number of resumes posted on careerlink.com in its 20 year history. Since I read that it was 8 million in the brochure I got an hour earlier, it wasn’t much of a guess.

On the table at the front of the room were four remaining presents. There were five presents, but someone else already guessed the answer to the first question and chose one. Of the original five presents, two we’ll call large, two medium, and one small. In fact they were all small, so the terms are relative. I’ll tell you about the large ones in a moment, but the small one was the size of a large paperback.

The first guy chose one of the large ones, opened it, and revealed a Kindle Fire. When it was my turn to choose, I was faced with a dilemma. A dilemma that normally would have been solved with some basic present opening rules. But there was a twist in that I know what one of the four presents was. Had I not known, and had I followed my own rules, I would have selected the smallest box. However I was virtually certain the other large box was a Kindle Fire and ‘large’ and ‘small’ are truly relative here. Do I go for the Fire or take my chances?

I took the Fire. The box was taped shut and there were fingerprints on the screen. Refurb? I may never know what I passed up.