The story describes a race between a rabbit and a tortoise where the tortoise wins by moving slowly and steadily while the overconfident rabbit takes a nap. They have a rematch where the rabbit wins by running non-stop at full speed. For a third race, the tortoise changes the course so it ends at a river, allowing the tortoise to swim across and win again by using its strengths. In the end, they work as a team by carrying each other across the river, finding the most success through cooperation rather than competition.

1. The Rabbit and the Tortoise
• Once upon a time a tortoise and
a rabbit had an argument about
who was faster?
• They decided to settle the
argument with a race.
• They agreed on a route and
started off the race.
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University of the Punjab , Lahore Pakistan

2. •The rabbit dashed almost out of
sight at once.
•But soon stopped.
•To show his contempt for
tortoise.
•Lay down to have a nap.

3. •The tortoise plodding on
overtook him and soon finished
the race.
•Emerging as the undisputed
champ.

4. •The rabbit woke up and realized
that he’d lost the race.
The moral of the story is:
Slow and steady wins the race.

5. •This is the version of the story
that we’ve all grown up with.
•But then recently, someone told
me a more interesting version of
this story.
•It continues…….

6. •The Rabbit was disappointed at
losing the race.
•And he did some Defect
Prevention.
•He realized that he’d lost the
race only because:
• He had been overconfident,
careless and lax.

7. •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.

8. •This time the Rabbit went all
out and ran without stopping
from start to finish.
•He won by several miles.

9. •The moral of the story:
Fast and consistent will always
Beat
The slow and steady.

10. But the story doesn’t end here:
The tortoise thought for a while
and then challenged the Rabbit to
another race,
but on a slightly different route.

11. •The rabbit agreed, They started
off.
•In keeping with his self-made
commitment to be consistently
fast.
•The rabbit took off and ran at
top speed.
•Until he came to a broad river.

12. •The finishing line was a couple
of kilometers on the other side of
the river.

13. •The rabbit sat there wondering
what to do?
•In the meantime the tortoise
traveled along.
•Get into the river.
•Swam to the opposite back,
continued walking and finishing
the race.

14. •The moral of the story:
First identify your core
competency
And then
Change the playing field to suit
your core competency

15. •The story still hasn’t ended.

16. •The rabbit and the tortoise, by
this time, had become pretty
good friends.
•And they did something
together.
•They decided to do the last race
again.
•But to run as TEAM this time.

17. •They started off, and this time
the rabbit carried the tortoise till
the river bank.
•Then the tortoise took over and
swam across with the rabbit on
his back.

18. •They reached the finishing line
together.
•They felt a greater sense of
satisfaction then they’d felt
earlier.

19. •The moral of the story is:
“When we stop competing
against a rival and instead that
competing against the situation
we perform far better.”

20. •To sum up, the story of the
rabbit and the tortoise teaches
us many things:

21. Fast and consistent will always beat slow and
steady
WORK TO YOUR COMPETENCIES
Pooling resources and working as a team will
always beat individual performance
NEVER GIVE UP WHEN FACED
WITH FAILURE