新版的龟兔赛跑(英文版)

新版的龟兔赛跑（英文版）

Once

upon

a

time

a

tortoise

and

a

hare

had

an

argument

about

who

was

faster.

They

decide

d

to

settle

the

argument

with

a

race.

They

agreed

on

a

route

and

started

off

the

race.

The

hare

shot

ahead

and

ran

briskly

for

some

time.

Then

seeing

that

he

was

far

ahead

of

the

to

rtoise,

he

thought

he'd

sit

under

a

tree

for

some

time

and

relax

before

continuing

the

race.

He

sat

under

the

tree

and

soon

fell

asleep.

The

tortoise

plodding

on

overtook

him

and

soon

finis

hed

the

race,

emerging

as

the

undisputed

champ.

The

hare

woke

up

and

realised

that

he'd

lost

the

race.

The

moral

of

the

story

is

that

slow

and

s

teady

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

of

this

story.

It

continues.

The

hare

was

disappointed

at

losing

the

race

and

he

did

some

Defect

Prevention

(Root

Cause

An

alysis).

He

realised

that

he'd

lost

the

race

only

because

he

had

been

overconfident,

careless

and

l

ax.

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

hare

went

all

out

and

ran

without

stopping

from

start

to

finish.

He

won

by

several

miles.

The

moral

of

the

story

？

Fast

and

consistent

will

always

beat

the

slow

and

steady.

If

you

have

two

people

in

your

organization,

one

slow,

methodical

and

reliable,

and

the

other

fas

t

and

still

reliable

at

what

he

does,

the

fast

and

reliable

chap

will

consistently

climb

the

organizat

ional

ladder

faster

than

the

slow,

methodical

有次序的

chap.

It's

good

to

be

slow

and

steady;

but

it's

better

to

be

fast

and

reliable.

But

the

story

doesn't

end

here.

The

tortoise

did

some

thinking

this

time,

and

realised

that

there's

no

way

he

can

beat

the

hare

in

a

race

the

way

it

was

currently

formatted.

He

thought

for

a

while,

and

then

challenged

the

hare

to

another

race,

but

on

a

slightly

different

route.

The

hare

agreed.

They

started

off.

In

keeping

with

his

self-made

commitment

to

be

consistently

f

ast,

the

hare

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

hare

sat

there

wondering

what

to

do.

In

the

meantime

the

tortoise

trundled

along,

got

into

t

he

river,

swam

to

the

opposite

bank,

continued

walking

and

finished

the

race.

The

moral

of

the

story?

First

identify

your

core

competency

and

then

change

the

playing

field

to

suit

your

core

competency.

In

an

organization,

if

you

are

a

good

speaker,

make

sure

you

create

opportunities

to

give

present

ations

that

enable

the

senior

management

to

notice

you.

The

story

still

hasn't

ended.

The

hare

and

the

tortoise,

by

this

time,

had

become

pretty

good

friends

and

they

did

some

think

ing

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

hare

carried

the

tortoise

till

the

riverbank.

There,

the

tortoise

took

over

and

swam

across

with

the

hare

on

his

back.

On

the

opposite

bank,

the

hare

again

carried

the

tortoise

and

they

reached

the

finishing

line

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