We all know the good old “The Turtle and The Rabbit” story and its moral “Slow and steady wins the race”. But the story doesn’t end there!
Race 2:
The rabbit was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. There was no way the turtle could have beaten him, if he had not taken things for granted.
So he challenged the turtle to another race. The turtle agreed. This time, the rabbit went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish and He won by several miles!
The moral of the story is that… Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady!
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable!
Race 3:
The Turtle did some thinking this time, and realized that there's no way he can beat the rabbit in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the rabbit to another race, but on a slightly different route. The rabbit agreed.
They started off. In keeping with his self- made commitment to be consistently fast, the rabbit took off and ran at top 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 Turtle trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, Continued walking and finished the race!!!
The moral of the story is that… First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.
But the story still hasn’t ended, it continues.
Race 4:
The Rabbit and the Turtle, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time!
They started off, and this time the rabbit carried the turtle till the riverbank. There, the turtle took over and swam across with the rabbit on his back. On the opposite bank, the rabbit again carried the turtle and… They reached the Finishing Line together!!!
The moral of the story is that… It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies, but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership!!!
Another important lesson we learn here is that you will perform better when you stop competing with a rival and start competing against the situation you face!
Race 2:
The rabbit was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. There was no way the turtle could have beaten him, if he had not taken things for granted.
So he challenged the turtle to another race. The turtle agreed. This time, the rabbit went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish and He won by several miles!
The moral of the story is that… Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady!
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable!
Race 3:
The Turtle did some thinking this time, and realized that there's no way he can beat the rabbit in a race the way it was currently formatted. He thought for a while, and then challenged the rabbit to another race, but on a slightly different route. The rabbit agreed.
They started off. In keeping with his self- made commitment to be consistently fast, the rabbit took off and ran at top 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 Turtle trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, Continued walking and finished the race!!!
The moral of the story is that… First identify your core competency and then change the playing field to suit your core competency.
But the story still hasn’t ended, it continues.
Race 4:
The Rabbit and the Turtle, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time!
They started off, and this time the rabbit carried the turtle till the riverbank. There, the turtle took over and swam across with the rabbit on his back. On the opposite bank, the rabbit again carried the turtle and… They reached the Finishing Line together!!!
The moral of the story is that… It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies, but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership!!!
Another important lesson we learn here is that you will perform better when you stop competing with a rival and start competing against the situation you face!
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