Slow and Steady does NOT win the race .... anymore!
You will perhaps end up depressed instead!
Think Aesop's fable teaches us how to win? Be slow and steady, keep doing what you do well ?
We have all heard this famous fable which talks about a race between the hare and the tortoise. The hare ran fast, got over-confident and took a nap. The tortoise, plodding on, passed the napping hare and won the race!
Hurraah !! Three cheers!! Looks like a good story which teaches us to keep going slow and steady - right?
"Don't have the hare mentality of a hare. Become a steady, plodding tortoise" - said the elders.
The Hare mentality...
Portrayed as being impatient.
Wanting everything fast.
Always looking for instant gratification.
Want a pizza in 30 minutes and my money to double in 2 days!!
All sounds wrong - Doesn't it?
Is being fast wrong? Is the desire to get ahead of masses wrong?
Is wanting to make progress wrong?
No - being fast is not wrong, I think. We have one life to live and we have only so much time to dig ourselves out of the ditch in which a lot of us are born. If you are a person who has to struggle for basic necessities in life, try telling yourself to be slow and steady. Likely you will end up dead before you get anywhere near the goal!
What is wrong, of course, is the negative connotations and perceptions that are attached to being fast - being hasty, taking shortcuts, being negligent. Can some of us be fast WITHOUT those negative aspects? Sure we can. It takes effort, focus and determination but that is what we need to do.
The Tortoise mentality ... 
Nothing wrong with being a tortoise/ turtle.
Reading one book a month = 12 books/ year.
Exercising 3 times a week for 1 hour makes over 150 exercise hours a year . .. so on and so forth.
Being methodical, slow and steady does have it's advantage but that works when you are not pitted against people who read 1 book a week and exercise every day for 2 hours - consistently! If you follow your tortoise routine, without pushing yourself to be fast, then you just end up being a slowpoke - hoping to win the NEXT race - ALWAYS!!
As you fall behind, your confidence shatters. You get depressed. It becomes just that more difficult to plod on with each step you take....
So what is the solution ...
Be fast and steady. It is possible. Be a turtle with a jetpack!
Jokes apart - being a turtle with a jetpack means being methodical, consistent and all those good things like a turtle but UPGRADING our abilities with :
New skills learned
New outlook on life
New horizons explored
Being consistent in applying new skills to gain competitive advantage
&
No shortcuts
We can not change how and where we were born but we can certainly change how we shape our lives!
Image credits: First photo of the leopard turtle was taken by me with Olympus M10 near lower Sabi loop in June 2015. The hare toon image is from this source and the tortoise toon image is from this source. The turtle with a jetpack toon image is from this source
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Good lesson bro. Slow and steady may not always produce the right result, but fast and steady will.
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so....neither a turtle nor a hare? Just find your own pace, call it what you want....there's always someone slower, always someone faster. Don't you think?
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Hahaha I totally undestood your opinion bro :-)
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