Here is one of Aesop's fables about the goose and the golden eggs.
The fable tells the story of how one fine day a peasant discovers a shiny golden egg in the nest of his beloved goose. At first, he thinks it is someone's joke. But before throwing the egg away, he decides to take it to a jeweler to check it.
It turns out that the egg is made of pure gold. The peasant cannot even believe his luck. The next day, he is even more surprised when everything repeats itself. After that, every morning, barely opening his eyes, the peasant rushes to the goose and finds another golden egg. He accumulates unimaginable wealth. Everything seems like a fairy tale dream.
However, with wealth comes greed and impatience. The peasant can no longer wait all day to get the next golden egg. He decides to kill the goose and get all the golden eggs at once. But the goose's belly was empty. There were no golden eggs, and there was no possibility of getting them in the future.
However, with wealth comes greed and impatience. The peasant can no longer wait all day to get the next golden egg. He decides to kill the goose and get all the golden eggs at once. But the goose's belly was empty. There were no golden eggs, and there was no possibility of getting them in the future.
Most people see efficiency based on the golden egg paradigm: the more we produce, the more we act, the greater our efficiency. But as the parable shows, real efficiency is a function of two variables: one is the result obtained - the golden egg, and the other is the resources and means that allow us to achieve that result, in this case, the goose.
If we adopt a model of behavior that focuses on the golden eggs and ignores the goose, then very soon we will be left without resources. On the other hand, if we think only about the goose, forgetting about the golden eggs, then we will not be able to feed either ourselves or the goose.
Similarly, when you strive to achieve success in life by all means, not sparing your health, you need to remember that there will be a result, but after a while you will not be in a position to create new results. If you have employees and constantly use their knowledge and skills without thinking about their professional training, you will not be able to create a new competitive product in one day.
Find the balance between resources and results and you will achieve long-term success.