I read my children a story last night. It was all about a hare and a tortoise and a race
It was a silly story
- The hare is strong and bold
- The hare is strategic, he thinks big
- The hare invests in building the right capabilities
- The hare is confident in his own abilities
- The tortoise is slow
- The tortoise is dim witted
- The tortoise is methodical, one thing at a time
- The tortoise doesn’t have the sense to give up
Yet the tortoise always wins. How could that possibly be?
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The hare was was brash and over confident, and had that fault of resting on his laurels. A great lesson if you take away from it your defined by what you’re doing now, not what you did prior.
That is a great point Kyle, thank you.
It is like the first rule of Italian driving. “What is behind you doesn’t matter”
James
Hi James,
Great analogy…..why is it that we tend to equate fast with being good most of the time. As we approach winter we get close to the time when one of my favourite dishes starts showing up on many restaurant and pub menus….Lamb Shank. Anyone who knows this dish or has ever tried to cook it knows that, in this case, fast is never good. Quality takes time to produce.
Adrian
Good point Adrian, and yes, I’m quite partial to that as well
James
Certainly an interesting way of thinking about this