Besides Maxwell, the only group of people who make sense to me are the proponents of Positive Psychology...anything that does not make me feel inadequate and ineffective.
Here is an animal fable extracted from one of these books that shatters the myth that you are excellent only if you are well-rounded or all-rounded.
Once upon a time, the animals all came together and founded a school with six subjects: swimming, crawling, running, jumping, climbing and flying. The duck was an excellent swimmer, but in her attempts at running, injured her webbed feet and eventually that affected her swimming.
The dog could run like the win,but hurt his foot when he crashed during flying class.
Everyone was in awe of the rabbit's jumping prowress, but he fell in climbing class and hurt his back.
The eagle was the best flyer, but nearly drowned in swimming class.
At the end of the school year, almost every animal that excelled in something was either hurt or injured. The class valedictorian eventually was the tree frog, who could do a little bit of everything, but nothing very well...
But was he really the best student among the animals?
Think about it...
Friday, June 6, 2008
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