An individual or a team needs to be committed to their goals. If one always works in a sporadic manner, stopping and starting inconsistently, then we will inevitably take many detours on the path to success and miss out on shortcuts. During outdoor team-building activities organized by companies in Beijing, such situations often occur. In these activities, there are often competitions between small teams and participation in base projects through an accumulation system. In such cases, you will find that some teams start off very enthusiastically and fiercely, but this momentum only lasts for half a day or a short period of time. The reason is that they lack commitment to their goals.
On the banks of the Mara River in Africa, where vegetation is lush, a group of plump antelopes are feeding happily. They do not realize that danger has quietly approached. Originally, an African leopard has been lurking in the grass for a long time. It slowly approaches the herd of antelopes, getting closer and closer, until suddenly the antelopes sense something and scatter in all directions.
The eyes of the African leopard are fixed on a young antelope, chasing it directly. This little antelope runs fast, but the leopard is even faster. During the chase, the leopard surpasses one after another antelope standing nearby watching, but it does not turn to chase those antelopes within reach; instead, it furiously continues to pursue the young antelope.
Finally, the leopard knocks down the exhausted young antelope, securing a fine meal. Why did the leopard persistently chase the first young antelope? Wouldn't it have been easier to catch the antelopes standing nearby? The answer is as follows: the leopard and the young antelope were already tired, while the other antelopes were full of energy. Once the other antelopes were startled into running, they would exhibit strong bursts of speed, leaving the tired antelope far behind in just a moment. In other words, if the leopard had abandoned the tired young antelope mid-chase and turned to chase the rested antelopes, the end result would be catching none, achieving nothing.
Even a leopard understands the principle that being committed to its goal and resisting distractions leads to success, so how much more should humans understand this? However, reality is not like this. We often see people in the workplace who are busy all day but achieve little. Why is this? The answer is that these people only know how to act but do not seek out patterns and direction. This way, they will only keep being busy without accomplishing anything. In doing anything, one must first determine the right direction to fully utilize their advantages. If the direction is wrong, then advantageous conditions will only serve to have the opposite effect.
Everything in life follows certain patterns, but most people either do not care about or are lazy to explore these patterns, opting instead to act hastily. Sharpening the axe doesn’t delay chopping wood; to succeed, one must have a heart that dares to explore. Myths like Kua Fu chasing the sun, Cang Jie inventing writing, Hou Yi shooting the suns, and Jing Wei filling the sea typically reflect humanity's spirit of exploring nature and transforming society. As Marx said, "Any myth is an imagination and use of imagination to conquer natural forces and dominate them."
Commitment is also very important in life. People who are not committed find it difficult to succeed, and people who are not committed also find it hard to earn respect from others. To achieve commitment to things, we need to strictly demand of ourselves, giving importance to every matter, not letting the size of tasks affect our attitude, and striving to be involved in everything and caring about everything.
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