The Rabbit and the Turtle - New Version

The Rabbit and the Turtle - New Version

Once upon a time a tortoise and a rabbit had an argument about who was faster? They decided to settle the argument with a race.They agreed on a route and started off the race.The rabbit dashed almost out of sight at once.But soon stopped.To show his contempt for tortoise, He lay down to have a nap.The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race. Emerging as the undisputed champ.
The rabbit woke up and realized that he’d lost the race.The moral of the story is:Slow and steady wins the race.

This is the version of the story that we’ve all grown up with.But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version ofthis story.It continues...

The Rabbit was disappointed at losing the race.And he did some Defect Prevention.He realized that he’d lost the race only because: He had been overconfident,careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there’s no way the tortoise could have beaten him.So he challenged the tortoise to another race.The tortoise agreed.
This time the Rabbit went all out and ran without stoppingfrom start to finish. He won by several miles.The moral of the story:Fast and consistent will always BeatThe slow and steady.

But the story doesn’t end here:The tortoise thought for a while and then challenged the Rabbit to another race,but on a slightly different route.The rabbit agreed, They startedoff.In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistentlyfast.The rabbit took off and ran attop speed.Until he came to a broad river.The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.The rabbit sat there wondering what to do? In the meantime the tortoise traveled along.Get into the river.Swam to the opposite back,continued walking and finishing the race.The moral of the story:First identify your corecompetency And then Change the playing field to suit your core competency.

The story still hasn’t ended.The rabbit and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends.And they did something together.They decided to do the last raceagain.But to run as TEAM this time.They started off, and this timethe rabbit carried the tortoise till the river bank.Then the tortoise took over and swam across with the rabbit on his back.They reached the finishing line together.They felt a greater sense of satisfaction then they’d felt earlier. The moral of the story is:“When we stop competing against a rival and instead competing against the situation we perform far better.”

"Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." --Henry Ford