1、龟兔赛跑的故事,Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare 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.从前，有一只乌龟和一只兔子在互相争辩谁跑得快。它们决定比赛分高下，于是选定了路线，就此起跑。,The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time. Then seeing that he
2、was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought hed sit under a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.兔子率先冲出，奔驰了一阵子，眼看它已遥遥领先乌龟，心想：可以在树下坐一会儿，放松一下，然后再继续比赛。,He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisput
3、ed champ.兔子很快地在树下就睡着了，而一路上笨手笨脚走来的乌龟则超越过它，不一会儿完成比赛，成为货真价实的冠军。 等兔子一觉醒来，才发觉它输了!,The hare woke up and realised that hed lost the race. The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.这个故事给我们的启示是：不具备竞争优势但只要持续努力终将赢得比赛。,This is the version of the story that weve all grown up with.这是从小伴随我们长大 的龟
4、兔赛跑的故事版本。,But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story. It continues.但最近有人告诉了我一个更有趣的版本。 故事就这么延续下去。,The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some Defect Prevention (Root Cause Analysis). He realised that hed lost the race only because he had been overconf
5、ident, careless and lax. 兔子当然因输了比赛而倍感失望，为此它做认真分析，它发现自己失败的原因是过于自信、骄傲自大而造成的。,If he had not taken things for granted, theres no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race. The tortoise agreed.如果它不骄傲自大、自以为是，乌龟是不可能打败它的。因此，它向乌龟提出了挑战书，约定再战一场。,This time, the hare w
6、ent all out and ran without stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.这次，兔子全力以赴，从头到尾，一口气跑完，领先乌龟好几公里。赢得了冠军！,The moral of the story Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady. 这故事又给了你什么启示呢？具备竞争优势且坚持不懈的人将会更胜一筹。,But the story doesnt end here. The tortoise did some thinking thi
7、s time, and realised that theres no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted. 这故事还没完没了。这下轮到乌龟要好好检讨!它很清楚，照目前的比赛方法，它不可能击败兔子。,He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.它想了一会儿，然后与兔子再次进行了另一场比赛，只是这一次在另一条稍许不同的路线上。,Th
8、e hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. 兔子欣然同意，为了确保能取得最终的胜利，免子从头到尾快速前进，直到碰到一条宽阔的河!,The finishing line was a couple of kilometers on the other side of the river.而比赛的终点就在几公
9、里外的河对面，怎么办？,The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.,兔子呆坐在那里，一时不知怎么办。这时候，乌龟却一路跚跚而来，跃入河里，游到对岸，继续爬行，完成比赛。,The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and
10、 then change the playing field to suit your core competency.这故事的有什么启示？首先，要了解自己的竞争优势，充分发挥自己的优势，这是乌龟成功的关键。其次，面对问题，要学会面对，积极应对，而不是坐以待毙，这是免子失败的原因。,The story still hasnt ended.故事还没结束,The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did some thinking together. Both realised
11、that the last race could have been run much better.这下子，兔子和乌龟成了惺惺相惜的好朋友。它们一起检讨，两个都很清楚，在上一次的比赛中，它们可以表现得更好。,So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.所以，他们决定再赛一场，但这次是团队合作。,They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoi
12、se took over and swam across with the hare on his back.他们一起出发，这次可是兔子扛着乌龟，直到河边。在那里，乌龟接手，背着兔子过河。,On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than theyd felt earlier.到了河对岸，兔子再次扛着乌龟，两个一起抵达终点。比起前次，他
13、们都感受到一种更大的成就感。,The moral of the story? Its good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core competencies; but unless youre able to work in a team and harness each others core competencies, youll always perform below par because there will always be situations at which youll do poorly and someone else does well.,这故事的有什么启示？ 个人表现优异固然重要，但只有团队同心协力，共同努力，才会发挥更大的优势。,There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.从这故事，我们可以学到更多。,
