Tortoise and Hare Fable (Part 2)- Fast and Consistent will Always Beat the Slow and Steady.
Although it’s good to be slow and steady, in the new challenging organizations, sometimes we need to learn to be quick to correct ourselves and bound back from failure. In actual world, the fast yet consistent will always beat the slow and steady! That’s undeniable fact…. But the modern version of tortoise and hare fable continues. If you missed the part 1 of the story, you can read it here. 
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul searching. He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax. If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed. This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles. Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady. If you have two people in your organization, one slow, methodical and reliable, and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap will consistently climb the organizational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap. It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable. Work smart, fast and reliable! Most importantly, on personal development, it’s more crucial to learn how to quickly correct your error and bound back from your failure. You can stay forever dwelling in failure and blaming everyone else except for yourself for the failure. Everyone makes mistakes, it’s how much you learn from the mistake and how fast you bound back is the most crucial. The Hare, realizing his mistake in first race, admit that he was negligent and willing to face his own mistakes and bound back from his mistake. He doesn’t hide away or cry somewhere deep in the wood in humiliation! He faces his mistake and asked for rematch. Don’t let this quote speak of your life!! "But you, my daughter, you will linger on in darkness and in doubt as nightfall in winter that comes without a star. Here you will dwell bound to your grief under the fading trees until all the world is changed and the long years of your life are utterly spent." ~ Memorable quote from Lord of the Rings
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