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They decided to settle the
argument with a race. They
Fine!
agreed on a route and
started off the race.

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a race.

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The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.
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.

Poor guy! Even if I

take a nap, he could
not catch up with me.

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Re sat under the tree and soon fell asleep.

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The tortoise plodding on overtook him and
soon finished the race, emerging as the
undisputed champ.

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he'd lost the race.

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The hare was disappointed at Why did I
losing the race and he did lose the
some soul-searching. Re race?
realized that he'd lost the race
only because he had been
overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for
granted, there's no way the
tortoise could have beaten him.

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race. The tortoise
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another race?

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without stopping from start to finish. Re
won by several miles.

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 The moral of the story?

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methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still
reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap
will consistently climb the organizational ladder faster
than the slow, methodical chap.

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The tortoise did some thinking this time, Row can
I win the
and realized that there's no way he can
race?
beat the hare in a race the way it was
currently formatted.

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Re thought for a while, ?an we have another race?
and then challenged This time we¶ll go through a
the hare to another different route.

race, but on a slightly

different route.
The hare agreed.
Sure!

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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.
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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.

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 The moral of the story?

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The story still hasn't ended «

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The hare and the tortoise, by this time,
had become pretty good friends and
they did some thinking together. Õoth
realized that the last race could have
been run much better.

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 Great! I think we could
So they decided to do do it much better, if we
two help each other.
the last race again, but
to run as a team this
time.
Ri, buddy. Row
about doing our last
race again?

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They started off, and this time the hare
carried the tortoise till the riverbank.

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There, the tortoise took over and swam
across with the hare on his back.

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 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.

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Pote that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures.
The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his
failure. The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already
working as hard as he could.

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 To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise
teaches us many things:

Pever give up when faced with failure

Fast and consistent will always beat slow and
steady
Work to your competencies
?ompete against the situation, not against a rival.
Working as a team will always beat individual
performers

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