LIFE IS LIKE A HORSE RACE (lanjutan 1)
THE LONG SHOTS
These are the most popular horses to ride. These are also the most difficult and the least likely to pay off. The long shots are based on finding something inside yourself. A long shot, unfortunately, doesn’t pay off any better than a short shot. It’s just a more difficult horse to win with.
The Hard-Work Horse : 100 to 1
The longest of shots is yourself. When you build your personal marketing strategy around your own talents and abilities and neglect outsiders, you are riding yourself. It’s a tough proposition. You usually fall behind and then you start whipping yourself. Whipping yourself is another way of saying “working harder”. If everyone else is putting seven hours a day, you put in eight. If everyone else puts in eight, you put in nine and so on.
The truth is Hard work and a good horse will get you anything in life, the hard work is optional.
The IQ Horse : 75 to 1
It has been seen that CEO’s of most major companies didn’t have a very high IQ level. The top executives come from the middle of the IQ curve. There’s a reason why intelligence doesn’t correlate very well with success. The smarter people are, the more they depend upon themselves. After all, they know everything. They depend on themselves to get ahead. But it’s a long shot. Less intelligent people know they are less intelligent. Therefore, they are more likely to look for others to help them up the ladder of success.
The Education Horse : 50 to 1
Related to IQ is the issue of education. Should a person depend on the Education Horse to get to the top? Well, the Education Horse is particularly good out of the starting gate. All by itself a college degree doesn’t buy you very much.
Remember the function of the Education Horse is to get you into the race. A degree all by itself is unlikely to make your horse go any faster. Be careful riding the Education Horse. You can easily lose your most precious commodity in the halls of ivy, the common sense.
