Which would you rather be – the tortoise or the hare? Would you rather work hard at a steady pace, learn as you go until you finally reach your goal? Or, would you rather speed ahead and teleport to where you want to be? Honestly, I would rather get there faster. I’ve always been one of those people who run instead of walk. Patience has not really been one of my strongest assets; and in turn I tend to fall more than those who take their time to calculate how and when they will jump, I just leap forward not quite sure of where I’m going to land. Does it really matter if you know or don’t? The answer is debatable, unless you’re literally going to jump – then you better know where your next step is going to be or you’ll end up landing in the hospital.
What truly matters to me is how you adapt and handle the situations you find yourself in. If you skipped ahead of the line, then you better know what you’re doing, and if you don’t then I suggest you apply your speediness and learn fast. If you are going to make it step by step please don’t be lazy or you’ll find yourself in the same step for a looong time. In either scenario, one thing is for sure: you have to work hard. You have to be diligent no matter what, never arrogant. Even though you may have been catapulted to the finish line, you still have to work hard to stay at the top.
If you choose to be the hare, then go full throttle on everything you do. Don’t go by the fable and take a nap because you think you’re ahead. In that short lapse of time someone else will come and take your place – their diligence will make them worthy of the position and your laziness will make it seem as if you have taken your job for granted and maybe never even deserved it in the first place. Thinking just because it came to you with ease, then everything else will fall in to place too will only lead to trouble.
Remember my blog about following through? Take another look; it applies to most things you’ll encounter in any environment, but especially at work. Just because the King made you a knight doesn’t mean all you’ll end up doing is gallivanting about enjoying the same luxuries as HRH. Eventually, he will send you to battle because he thinks you are capable of such endeavors. If you go to war not knowing how to do the job you will probably end up losing one way or another.
Don’t try and skip steps with the notion of just getting ahead of the pack, do it because you know you are capable and deserving of such position. What goes up must come down, unless you’ve figured out a way to fight the good fight in order to stay in that place, or continue to go higher. Hard work is always necessary – don’t let anybody fool you.
What truly matters to me is how you adapt and handle the situations you find yourself in. If you skipped ahead of the line, then you better know what you’re doing, and if you don’t then I suggest you apply your speediness and learn fast. If you are going to make it step by step please don’t be lazy or you’ll find yourself in the same step for a looong time. In either scenario, one thing is for sure: you have to work hard. You have to be diligent no matter what, never arrogant. Even though you may have been catapulted to the finish line, you still have to work hard to stay at the top.
If you choose to be the hare, then go full throttle on everything you do. Don’t go by the fable and take a nap because you think you’re ahead. In that short lapse of time someone else will come and take your place – their diligence will make them worthy of the position and your laziness will make it seem as if you have taken your job for granted and maybe never even deserved it in the first place. Thinking just because it came to you with ease, then everything else will fall in to place too will only lead to trouble.
Remember my blog about following through? Take another look; it applies to most things you’ll encounter in any environment, but especially at work. Just because the King made you a knight doesn’t mean all you’ll end up doing is gallivanting about enjoying the same luxuries as HRH. Eventually, he will send you to battle because he thinks you are capable of such endeavors. If you go to war not knowing how to do the job you will probably end up losing one way or another.
Don’t try and skip steps with the notion of just getting ahead of the pack, do it because you know you are capable and deserving of such position. What goes up must come down, unless you’ve figured out a way to fight the good fight in order to stay in that place, or continue to go higher. Hard work is always necessary – don’t let anybody fool you.
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