The Hare And The Tortoise The Trilogy

well, i went for the christmas party at microsoft yesterday afternoon.. and it was kinda alright i guess.. dinner was great at marche! sponsored dinner of course.. =)

well, that afternoon, daniel shared a story with us.. it was the typical hare and tortoise race story.. so prepare to read a life inspiring story.. XD


so, all of us know this part of the story

the hare and the tortoise agreed to have a race.. the hare was complacent and took a nap halfway into the race.. when he woke up, the tortoise had won..

moral of this part of the story: never be complacent, slow and steady wins the race


yup.. all of us know that part of the story.. but there's more to it..

the hare is unhappy that he lost to the tortoise in the race.. he identifies what went wrong and challenges the tortoise to another race.. he was consistent in the race this time and obviously he won the race.

moral of this part of the story: learn from your mistakes, the fast and consistent always wins the slow and steady


when i thought that was all, daniel went on..

the tortoise has lost.. but he is not convinced that he can't beat the hare.. he decided to set a new race route and challenged the hare to another race.. the hare had a huge head start to the race.. but eventually came to a river.. he could not cross.. the tortoise won this time..

moral of this part of the story: change the field of play according to your own strengths and you would win


and that's not all!

the tortoise and hare realised that they both had different strengths.. they decided to collaborate and challenged others to a team race.. when it was on land, the hare would carry the tortoise on his back.. on water, the tortoise would carry the hare on his back..

moral of this part of the story: your competitors don't have to stay as your competitors.. sometimes, collaboration with others with other strengths would do you more good than harm