在一片原始森林里，住着一群羚羊，它们无忧无虑，过着天堂般的生活。在这群羚羊当中，有一只显得与众不同，当别的同伴儿吃着鲜嫩的野草，晒着暖和的太阳，甚至做着香甜的美梦时，它却整天在森林里拼命地练习长跑。

In a primeval forest, there lived a group of antelope, they carefree, living life in paradise. Among this group of antelope, have a look different when the other fellow children eating fresh grass, basking in the warm sun, even when doing sweet dreams, it all day in the woods desperately practice run.

同伴们嘲笑它：“这么悠闲的生活，你却不知道享受，天天在那儿没命地跑，你准备去参加比赛呀！”那只羚羊没有说话，继续跑着，时间一长，它就练出了一双飞 毛腿。后来，同伴们对它的举动实在是感到莫名其妙，又问道：“森林里这么安全，没有狼、狮子和老虎，你何必那么用劲练习奔跑呢？”羚羊停下来回答说：“现 在安全不等于永远都会安全，你想想，如果有一天我们被狼或老虎追逐，到那时，想跑也来不及了。只有平时把奔跑的本领练好了，到那时才可以逃脱它们的魔 掌。”

Companions laugh at it: "so leisurely life, you do not know to enjoy, every day there desperately to run, you're going to race it!" Antelope did not speak, continue ran, over time, it is out of a training a pair of Scud. Later, his companions move it really puzzled, and asked: "? The forest so safe, no wolves, lions and tigers, so why should you exercise hard enough to run it," antelope stopped replied: "It does not mean safe will always be safe, you think, if one day we were chasing wolves or tigers, then, wanted to run too late. only the usual ability to run is done, go there if they can escape the clutches. "

果然，有一天，几只凶猛的老虎闯进了羚羊的领地，除了那只平日里勤于练习奔跑的羚羊幸免于难外，其余的羚羊都成了老虎的美餐。

Sure enough, one day, a few ferocious tiger broke into the territory of antelope, in addition to the bird survived antelope weekdays diligent practice run, the rest of the antelope have become tigers meal.

《孙子兵法》有云：“激水之疾，至于漂石者，势也。”石头之所以能在激水之上飘起来，就是因为它比激水的速度要快半步。人生就像一场长跑比赛，只有与时间赛跑，只有永远比别人快半步，才有可能占得先机，赢在最后。这既是竞争者的姿态，更是成功者的秘诀。

"Art of War" goes: "water shock disease, as boulders, the potential also." Stone has been able to float up above the water shock, because it stimulated water than half a step faster. Life is like a long distance race, only a race against time, only ever half a step faster than others, possible upper hand, winning in the final. This is the attitude of competitors, it is the secret of success.

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