PART FIVE
Managing Positive Change
Abraham Lincoln used to tell a story about a frog that fell into a deep, muddy wagon track. A couple of days later, he was still there. Frog's friends found him and urged him to get out of his predicament. He made a few feeble efforts, but remained mired in his rut.
For the next few days, his friends kept encouraging him to try harder, but they finally gave up and went back to their pond.
The next day the frog was seen sunning himself contentedly beside the edge of the pond.
‘How did you get out of the rut?’ his friends asked.
‘Well, as you know,’ said the frog, ‘I couldn't, but a wagon came along and I had to.'
The problem with Lincoln's frog is that inordinate delay in changing left him with only one option. ...
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