1️⃣ A large corporation had just hired a new CEO. As the old CEO was leaving, he discreetly presented his successor with three envelopes numbered one, two and three. 'If you have a problem you can't solve, open the first of these,' he ❓❓❓ the new CEO.

2️⃣ Well, at first things went smoothly, but after six months sales ❓❓❓ by 10% and the shareholders were getting very impatient.

3️⃣ The CEO ❓❓❓ to despair, when he remembered the envelopes the old CEO ❓❓❓ him.

4️⃣ He ❓❓❓ to his office, ❓❓❓the door and ❓❓❓the first envelope. The message read, 'Try blaming your predecessor.'

5️⃣ The new CEO ❓❓❓ a press conference and tactfully blamed the previous CEO for the company's problems.

6️⃣ The shareholders and the press were satisfied with his explanations, and a few weeks later the CEO was relieved to see that sales ❓❓❓ by 12%.

7️⃣ About a year later, the company was having serious production problems. The CEO ❓❓❓ from his previous experience: as soon as he ❔❔❔ his office door, he opened the second envelope.

8️⃣ The message read, 'You ought to reorganize.' He immediately ❓❓❓ production, and the company quickly ❔❔❔ .

9️⃣ A year or two after that, costs ❓❓❓ day by day and the company was in trouble again.

🔟 The CEO went to his office, ❓❓❓ the door and opened the third envelope. The message read, 'You might want to prepare three envelopes.'