Three bus drivers were applying for a job in a hilly region. After their references had been checked, this question was put to each one: "How safely could you drive a bus around a sharp hill curve over a deep precipice?"
The first man said he could drive within a foot of the outer edge and do so with complete assurance.
The second man stated firmly that he could do better than that. He could drive the rim of the wheel half over the edge with ease. He could gauge, he said, the width of the bus down to the smallest fraction.
The third man used a different approach: "I don't know how close I could come to the edge," he said hesitantly, "but I'd keep as far away from it as I could!"
The third man got the job!
If you want to do great things, make sure to distinguish between what is daring and what is reckless.
The first man said he could drive within a foot of the outer edge and do so with complete assurance.
The second man stated firmly that he could do better than that. He could drive the rim of the wheel half over the edge with ease. He could gauge, he said, the width of the bus down to the smallest fraction.
The third man used a different approach: "I don't know how close I could come to the edge," he said hesitantly, "but I'd keep as far away from it as I could!"
The third man got the job!
If you want to do great things, make sure to distinguish between what is daring and what is reckless.
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