Wednesday, March 26, 2025

THE POWER OF THREE

  • Ancient Greece considered the number 3 to be the perfect number....the number of harmony, wisdom and understanding.
  • Studies suggest that our brains tend to better process and retain information presented in groups of 3.
  • Three Little Pigs, The Three Billy Goats Gruff, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Three Blind Mice, The Three Musketeers, Three Coins in a Fountain, Knock Three Times, Three Times a Lady.... 
  • Rumpelstiltskin and his 3 spinnings of straw into gold, and then the queen's 3 chances to guess his name.
  • The Rule of Three is a writing technique that suggests a group of 3 adjectives or examples is always stronger and more memorable than one.  The Rule of Three gives writing a better rhythm.
  • The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
  • Beginning, Middle, End
  • Birth, Life, Death
  • Stop, Look, Listen
  • Ready, Willing and Able
  • Sun, Sea, Sand
  • Trio--a group of three musicians or singers
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
  • Of the people, For the people and By the people
  • Wine, Women and Song
  • Veni, Vidi, Vici  (I came, I saw, I conquered)
  • Hook, Line and Sinker
  • Live, Love, Laugh
  • Lock, Stock and Barrel
  • Ready, Set, Go
  • Morning, Noon, Night
  • A clock has three hands, a season is 3 months, a tricycle has 3 wheels
  • Sun, Moon, Stars
  • Every Tom, Dick and Harry
  • Faith, Hope and Charity
  • In No Way, Shape or Form
  • Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic
  • Blood, Sweat and Tears
  • Mind-Body-Spirit
  • Mother-Father-Child
  • Past-Present-Future
  • Monkey Hear, Monkey See, Monkey Do
  • Yes, No, Maybe
  • Hip, Hip, Hurray
  • Good, Better, Best
  • The three forces:  Affirming, Denying and Reconciling
  • Neapolitan Ice Cream Flavors:  Chocolate, Vanilla, Strawberry
  • Three states of matter:  Solid, Liquid, Gas
  • A 3-Ring Circus
  • Dimensions:  Length, Width, Height
  • Primary Clouds:  Cirrus, Stratus and Cumulus
  • Three forms of government:  Executive, Legislative, Judicial
  • Three primary colors:  red, yellow and blue
  • Olympic medals:  bronze, silver and gold
  • The Three Stooges
  • See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil
  • Divine concept of the triple deity...Father, Son, Holy Spirit
  • The Three Wise Men
  • Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
  • Three Feet in a Yard
  • Rock Types:  Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic
  • The 3 Divine O's:  Omnipotent (all-powerful), Omniscient (all-knowing) and Omnipresent (present everywhere at all times)  
  • In advertising:  Finger Lickin' Good.....Snap, Crackle, Pop.....Diamonds Are Forever.....Thinnest, Lightest, Fastest....Quicker Picker Upper......
  • 3-letter Brand Names:  IBM, KFC, KIA, CNN, HBO
  • Every brand is built on a set of foundational pillars:  What you do, Why you do what you do, and Who you are.
  • First name, Middle name, Last name
  • Baseball:  3 strikes you're out
  • 3 acts in a play
  • 3 C's of Advertising:  Company, Customer and Competition
  • Huey, Dewey and Louie (identical triplet nephews of Donald Duck)
  • BLT:  Bacon Lettuce Tomato Sandwich
  • U.S. Flag:  Red, White, Blue
  • The Three Amigos
  • Three Meals a Day  (Breakfast Lunch Dinner)
  • Traffic Lights:  Green, Red, Yellow
  • Wines:  White, Red and Rose
  • 3 sides to every story:  Yours, Theirs and the Truth somewhere in the middle.
  • The 3 Rule for Survival:  3 minutes without breathing, 3 hours without shelter in an extreme environment, 3 days without water and 3 weeks without food.
  • In sports:  Excellence, Resilience and Triumph
  • Parts of an atom:  Proton, Neutron, Electron
  •  Jonah remained in the belly of the whale for 3 days and 3 nights (Jonah 1:17)
  •  A clover has 3 leaves.
  • Triangles
  •  Rule of Thirds is a guideline in photography that places your subject in the left or right third of an image, leaving the other two-thirds more open.
  • Foreground, Midground, Background
  • The phrase "three time's a charm" reflects a belief that a third attempt at something is more likely to succeed after two failures.
  • The Rosetta Stone, written in 3 languages (demotic, hieroglyphic and traditional Greek), demonstrates the verbal significance of the number 3.
  • Threefold Commandment:  Love God, Love your neighbor, and Love yourself.
  • Jesus died when he was 33.
  • Three is the smallest number of elements required to create a pattern.  A single instance could simply be a chance happening.  The second instance could be considered a coincidence or serendipity.  But, the third instance is perceived as a pattern.
  • The Rule of Three is ancient and universal.  There is a perfect trio of Latin words that express the idea:  Omne triumph perfectum.  It means that everything that comes in threes is perfect.
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