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Be The Hybrid Of The Tortoise and the Hare

by Trey Morgan
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I can still remember the story I was told in Elementary school that I didn't really care for at the time.

The Tortoise and the Hare.

A story about a cocky Hare and a slow Tortoise. The Tortoise got tired of the Hare picking on him about his lack of speed, so he challenged the Hare to a race.

The Hare smokes the Tortoise but about halfway through the race the Hare decides to take a nap. When the Hare wakes up he realizes that the slow, but perseverant Tortoise had already won the race.

So, the morale of the story is slow and steady wins the race.

Another theme from the story is that massive action is great, but if it's not relentless or at least consistent then you might as well just move at a slow and consistent pace.

So, let's apply the morals of that story to business.

The successful people say that money loves speed and they say success depends on your ability to persevere even when times get tough.

So, what if you combined speed and massive action, with relentless perseverance?

Imagine if you decided to commit to massive action and relentless daily perseverance for the next 30 days?

Don't you think your chances of successfully achieving your goals would increase tremendously?

Start slow and consistent like the Tortoise and build your way up to the speed of the Hare.

Soon you will find yourself taking consistent massive action and your successes will push you to take even more relentless action.

Why be the Tortoise or the Hare when you can be both?
#hare #hybrid #tortoise
  • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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    To begin with I think "Slow and steady" is the most realistic/doable option.

    However, you can keep building on that until, like you said tvon, you're doing both. Nice post.
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by Jonathan 2.0 View Post

      To begin with I think "Slow and steady" is the most realistic/doable option.

      However, you can keep building on that until, like you said tvon, you're doing both. Nice post.
      I agree with you.

      I believe anybody can start out slow and steady and then build up their speed of action and their amount of action on a daily basis.

      You can't expect to make a consistent income if you don't have a consistent work ethic and/or a consistent passive income system in place.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jonathan 2.0
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        Originally Posted by tvon View Post

        I believe anybody can start out slow and steady and then build up their speed of action and their amount of action on a daily basis.
        True. Well said. : )
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      • Profile picture of the author damiensuccess
        Originally Posted by tvon View Post

        I agree with you.

        I believe anybody can start out slow and steady and then build up their speed of action and their amount of action on a daily basis.

        You can't expect to make a consistent income if you don't have a consistent work ethic and/or a consistent passive income system in place.
        Another thought I had regarding this -

        The race isn't over until you pass the finish line.
        Even though we might have the best idea of the decade, and the best skills in our class. . If you don't stay consistent and complete your task, there is always someone following in second place who wants nothing more then to win.


        Would the following be a good example?

        Who invented the lightbulb?
        It wasn't in 1878 by Thomas Edison, it was only then perfected by him in a race of many other scientist to do the same.

        Incandescent lighting was used over 30 years before this, and many upgrades were made until it was "Perfected" as they thought...
        If Thomas Edison was alive today he would realize he was far off from perfecting this.

        Regarding a race, Thomas Edison claimed the gold medal. Some say only because he had financial backup for patenting, but regardless, he pushed and claimed all fame for over 100 years.
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        • Profile picture of the author Metacomet
          Originally Posted by damiensuccess View Post

          Another thought I had regarding this -

          The race isn't over until you pass the finish line.
          Even though we might have the best idea of the decade, and the best skills in our class. . If you don't stay consistent and complete your task, there is always someone following in second place ....
          I am constantly having to remind myself of this, especially when I'm close to releasing an App that I know others will be out competing with - (trying to ride on trends).

          There are times where I'm too excited about what I'm doing, sure it will be a success, and then I'll see the competition start rolling in, beating me to the punch. It feels good to "catch up" with them or even rank over them eventually but the fact that I still come in second place is enough to deflate huge opportunities.
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    the morale of the story was originally nothing about the virtues of the tourtise but the vices of the rabbit .

    most of the fable and childrens stories where adapted from the original stories ..so that in telling these to children in the last hundred and 20 years or so ..over and over ..a majority of children where taught to shoot for average instead of cultivate excelence .

    so instead of this fabel .. deriding the rabbit for over confidence and lazyness ..and giving the real morale ..don't stop running until you cross the finish line ..instead you get slow and steady wins the race .
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      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      so instead of this fabel .. deriding the rabbit for over confidence and lazyness ..and giving the real morale ..don't stop running until you cross the finish line ..instead you get slow and steady wins the race .
      Smack on the button Odahh!
      Thanks for posting Tvon. Odahh made a point I kept thinking about as I was growing though my teen years.
      Whenever I thought back to this story, I shook my head because I knew it was not true or making complete sense to me.

      The story was never about the Tortoise, it was about a successful rabbit who let his success get to him. This lead to his failure because he forgotten the importance of consistency and timely completion.

      Slow and steady will become fast and consistent with practice too!
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      • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
        Originally Posted by damiensuccess View Post

        Smack on the button Odahh!
        Thanks for posting Tvon. Odahh made a point I kept thinking about as I was growing though my teen years.
        Whenever I thought back to this story, I shook my head because I knew it was not true or making complete sense to me.

        The story was never about the Tortoise, it was about a successful rabbit who let his success get to him. This lead to his failure because he forgotten the importance of consistency and timely completion.

        Slow and steady will become fast and consistent with practice too!
        I don't really remember all the small details of the story, I was just explaining how we can use the main points of the story to our advantage and learn something from both the Tortoise and the Hare.

        You definitely summed it up nicely though. Consistency and timely completion are some of the things that people are leaving out when they try to build their business and/or achieve their goals.
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by Odahh View Post

      the morale of the story was originally nothing about the virtues of the tourtise but the vices of the rabbit .

      most of the fable and childrens stories where adapted from the original stories ..so that in telling these to children in the last hundred and 20 years or so ..over and over ..a majority of children where taught to shoot for average instead of cultivate excelence .

      so instead of this fabel .. deriding the rabbit for over confidence and lazyness ..and giving the real morale ..don't stop running until you cross the finish line ..instead you get slow and steady wins the race .
      Basically what I got out of the story was that slow and steady or consistent action is better than having talent without a consistent work ethic.

      I also believe slow and steady is better than taking random massive action without consistency.

      I think if we applied the persistence of the Tortoise and combined it with the speed and massive action of the Hare then you have a great formula for success.

      I also, understand that you have to start small and build up. So for example, if you were doing article marketing, you would focus on writing an article a day and increase it by one article a day until you become comfortable writing 5 articles a day.

      Then once you build that habit then you can add something else to your daily routine and so on and so forth. Then eventually taking massive action will become a habit.
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    damian ..adding in it can also be about the 2 different mindsets ..

    static or growth

    lets say the rabit is someone with a lot of talent ..but they never develop more than what their talent gifted them with ..so they hid from those of equal level skill who got better..and compared themselves to those with much less talent or no skill at all in the field the rabit was talented in .

    where the rabit with the static minset..thought talent was all he needed . and the tortise would never out do him .

    the tourtise would be a person who starts with little talent ..but build his or her skills up over time andeventually becomes more skilled and proficient than the rabbit .

    now the kind of race would matter too..as though a rabit can move real fast i don't know how far they can run before they tire out and need to rest .

    because for the last hundred years city foke have had little contact with normal wild animals it is easy for us to miss what actually is being said in these old fables ..
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  • Profile picture of the author Odahh
    i am more into the tim ferriss mindset than the malcom gladwell

    honestly best out of three the rabit would have learned it's lesson .

    slow and steady may mean you get to be the richest guy in the nursing home

    slow and steady.. go to school get good grade work 40-50 years and retire ..then enjoy life .

    the differed life plan ..

    so you have the tortise or the hare who may win the lottery or get wealthy early on doing unsavory things ..

    today we have a hybrid ..where you can work for money and build skill that allow you to use money to make money ..
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  • Profile picture of the author C G
    Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this.

    Personally I prefer focusing on being the Rabit... Successful, fast.

    The only thing i would add is a burining desire to win

    Cheers,

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  • Profile picture of the author WilloxPerez
    That is a really great point. Why settle for being one or the other. Taking the great lessons both have to offer and combining them in your own way definitely makes sense. You can go all out and take massive action after you have thought things through and made an effective plan of action.

    The mistake many of us make is to want to take massive action to reach our goal ASAP only to realize we did not properly planned it out and did what was most effective. Of course we learn from trial and error but it is also smart to limit the errors =-D

    That is why I love the quote by Abraham Lincoln:

    "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
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    • Profile picture of the author Trey Morgan
      Originally Posted by WilloxPerez View Post

      That is a really great point. Why settle for being one or the other. Taking the great lessons both have to offer and combining them in your own way definitely makes sense. You can go all out and take massive action after you have thought things through and made an effective plan of action.

      The mistake many of us make is to want to take massive action to reach our goal ASAP only to realize we did not properly planned it out and did what was most effective. Of course we learn from trial and error but it is also smart to limit the errors =-D

      That is why I love the quote by Abraham Lincoln:

      "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."
      You made a lot of sense here and that really is a great quote by Abraham Lincoln.
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