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Are you the gazelle or the lion?

0708 gazelleEvery morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up and knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up and knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve. It doesn't matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle; when the sun comes up, you better start running. --An African proverb

used in a presentation by
Dr. David Gould
University of Phoenix

I'd rather be a lion....

Posted by Saeed Khan at 2007-08-08 01:10 PM
Let's see....lions sleep something like 20 hours a day don't they?

Gazelles have to run faster than the fastest lions.
Lions get to gang up and catch the slowest gazelle.

I know which side of that equation I want to be on.

Now, how exactly does that relate to business or technology? :-)

Saeed

not quite....

Posted by Jason at 2007-08-10 07:41 PM
Actually, each gazelle wakes up knowing he/she has to not be the slowest gazelle. And if you were the second slowest gazelle today, you're going to have a restless night tonight.