Hi friends, I know you all are fed up with the story of the hare and tortoise, and you're going to kill me if I repeat it one more time. However, I couldn't stop myself from sharing the story I used in one of my training sessions. Please read the 2012 version of the story, and your comments will be appreciated.
As you are well aware:
- The first time, the tortoise wins.
- The second time, the hare wins.
- The third time, the team wins.
But you know, one last time, the hare decided to race with the tortoise again. He went up to the tortoise's house, challenged him to a race, and as a man of integrity, the tortoise obliged. Both started the race...
The hare was running very fast and was ahead, but when he was near the finishing point, a thought crossed his mind, and he stopped.
He started thinking, "Am I justifying my capabilities or not...?"; "I am doing so much hard work... taking so much pain... for what?"; "Was the race worthy of the attention and time I devoted?"; "What are the benefits of winning from a competitor who can't even compete...?"
He abandoned the idea of the race right there and went in search of doing something meaningful and useful.
Moral of the story:
Stop following useless goals flawlessly.
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
From India, Mumbai
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24As you are well aware:
- The first time, the tortoise wins.
- The second time, the hare wins.
- The third time, the team wins.
But you know, one last time, the hare decided to race with the tortoise again. He went up to the tortoise's house, challenged him to a race, and as a man of integrity, the tortoise obliged. Both started the race...
The hare was running very fast and was ahead, but when he was near the finishing point, a thought crossed his mind, and he stopped.
He started thinking, "Am I justifying my capabilities or not...?"; "I am doing so much hard work... taking so much pain... for what?"; "Was the race worthy of the attention and time I devoted?"; "What are the benefits of winning from a competitor who can't even compete...?"
He abandoned the idea of the race right there and went in search of doing something meaningful and useful.
Moral of the story:
Stop following useless goals flawlessly.
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
From India, Mumbai
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