Lessons from the "Hare and Tortoise" story

All of us know the phrase "Slow and Steady wins the race", but most of the times,the reverse holds true especially in business[First Mover advantage].Apple entered the Portable Player Bandwagon very late yet, it still rules the market with it's revolutionary iPod [Slow may sometimes be the most Steady ].

Teams have become important rather than individual performers and the same is shown in the improvised version of the "Hare and Tortoise" story shown below[must read for anyone in the corporate or a business environment] :

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As shown in the presentation, some of the key learnings from the "Hare and Tortoise" story are:

• Never give up when faced with failure.
• Fast and consistent would always beat the slow and steady [but may not always be true].
• Work to your competencies.
• Compete against a situation , not against a rival .
• Team work always creates wonders than individual performers.