ALL THE RUNNING YOU CAN DO

Jeg er fascinert av Lewis Carroll og et særskilt sitat fra the Red Queen i boka Through The Looking Glass.

"Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do 
to keep in the same place."

Dette sitatet har hengt på oppslagtavla mi lenge, har tenkt mye på det og opplever at jeg ikke klarer å springe fort nok lenger. Jeg fant en artikkel som påpeker at også neste setning er om så like viktig og kan tolkes rett inn i vår moderne samtid.

"If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that."

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Also from the Queen in Through the Looking Glass, this is another masterpiece from the cryptically talented Lewis Carroll. You have to read it twice to understand what a deep thought this is. 

The metaphor of running is used to express our daily routine, the activity of working hard to keep up with the fast pace of our dynamic world. If you want to get somewhere, achieve a goal or accomplish a task, you need to work twice as hard as you usually do. 

That's because everyone is working as hard as you are, and that's helping you stay in the race. If you wish to achieve success, you will need to work harder than others!

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