Success Principle #13 - Run Your Own Race
June 12, 2007
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“Two men were walking in a forest, when they suddenly saw a savage, hungry-looking bear. One of the men quickly put on a pair of running shoes. The other guy exclaimed, “You idiot! You can’t run faster than a bear …”
To which the first guy replied, “But I don’t have to run faster than the bear, I only have to run faster than you!”
The Wrong Take Away
In the business world I’ve most often heard that little story told to get the wrong point across. Usually the person relating the story uses it as a spring board to convey some point along these lines.
If you want to be successful you must outrun your competition.
Nope. Wrong. Dumb. Misses the greater truth. Read more
