The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realized that there is no way he can beat the hare in the race the way it was currently formatted.
Tortoise: How can I win the hare?
He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route. The hare agreed.
Tortoise: Can we have another race? This time we will go through a different route.
Hare: Sure.
They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, 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 the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
The moral of the sotry?
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 creat opportunities to give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.
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