4E3'11
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The Tortoise and the Hare
Saturday, February 27, 2010

Part One
Once upon a time, a tortoise and a hare 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 hare run shot ahead and ran briskly for sometime. Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, 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 emerged as the champ!

Moral of the story is " Slow and steady wins the race"

The story continues....

Part Two
The hare was disappointed at losing the race. He did a reflection and realized he lost the race only because he was overconfident and careless. 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 and the tortoise agreed. This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.

Moral of the story, " Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady"

The story doesn't end here...

Part Three
The tortoise did a reflection and realised there is no way he can beat the hare in a running race. 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. The hare kept to his self made commitment to be consistently fast. He was way ahead of the tortoise 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 and got into the river and swam to the opposite bank and won the race!

Moral of the story,
" First identify your strength and then change the playing field to suit your strength!"

The story still hasn't ended...

Part Four
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realized that the last race could 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 together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.

Moral of story?
It's good to be individually brillant; but unless you are able to work as 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.

Hope you guys learn something from this long story =D

Jx Zhuo


Adapted from www.slideshare.net/priyanhere/new-rabbit-tortoise-story





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"Oh your presence is so so strong, I can feel it in my bones." - Index no. 16, 4E3'11. It's our last year in GDLSS, so peeps, make the best out of it :)