This may seem very long but it's really Important.
ONCE UPON A TIME!!!
A turtle and a rabbit had an argument about who was faster. They decided to settle the argument with a race.
The turtle and the rabbit both agreed on a route and started off the race.
The rabbit shot ahead and ran briskly for some time
Then seeing he was far ahead of the turtle.
He thought he'd sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep.
The turtle plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race.
Emerging as the undisputed champ.
The rabbit woke up and realised that he has lost the race.
MORAL: THE SLOW AND STEADY WINS THE RACE.
This is the version of the story we've all grown up with, BUT my version of the story still continues.
The rabbit was disappointed at losing the race and he did some thinking.
He realised that he'd lost the race only because he was overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the turtle could have beaten him.
So he challenged the turtle to another race and the turtle agreed.
This time, the rabbit went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish.
He won by several miles.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY? THE FAST AND CONSISTENT WILL ALWAYS BEAT THE SLOW AND STEADY. It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.
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BUT THE STORY DOESN'T ENDS HERE.
The turtle did some thinking and realised that there is no way he can beat the rabbit in a race the way it was currently formatted.
He thought for a while, and he challenged the rabbit to another race but on a slightly different route. The rabbit agreed.
The turtle and the rabbit started off.
In keeping to self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the rabbit took off and ran at top speed.
Until he came to a broad river.
The finishing line is a couple kilometres on the other side of the river.
The rabbit sat down and wondered what to do. In the meantime, the turtle trundled along, got into the river swam, to the opposite back, continue
walking and finished the race.
MORAL; FIRST DISCOVER YOUR CORE COMPETENCY AND THEN CHANGE THE FIELD TO SUIT YOUR CORE COMPETENCY.
THE STORY HAS NOT STILL ENDED.
The turtle and the rabbit, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together.
Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.
So the turtle and the rabbit decided to do the last race again, but this time as a team.
They started off, and this time the rabbit carried the turtle to the river bank.
There the turtle took over and swam across with the turtle on his back.
On the opposite bank, the rabbit again carried the turtle, and they reach the finishing line together.
Both the turtle and the rabbit felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
MORAL: IT IS GOOD TO BE INDIVIDUALLY BRILLIANT AND TO HAVE STRONG CORE COMPETENCIES, BUT unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always be a situation at which you'll do poorly and someone else do well.
TEAMWORK is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.
AND THAT IS THE ENDS OF THE STORY.