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Are you the gazelle or the lion?
Every 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
not quite....
Posted by
Jason
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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.
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Posted by
elijah
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2008-08-09 09:21 PM
it is not only about business. its about everything you do.. the concept is you need to be better everyday. the performance you have today will be as good as today. it will not be the same tomorrow.
Lion & Gazelle
Posted by
Dawud
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2008-08-11 05:18 PM
Wow! I could not believe how someone could ask the question "how does this relate to business?" You have to always keep yourself sharp, alert, invigorated, you can't afford to be lax in anything that you do related to your endeavor. Constantly better yourself striving to be at the head of the pack, if you are not in the running you are not eating, you are being eaten.
I'd rather be a lion....
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