Chase Two Rabbits, Catch None.
Chase Two Rabbits, Catch None.
True in ancient Rome. True in modern business.
This phrase was written (in Latin) on a pin that my third year Latin teacher gave me as a gift when I was in high school. If I had been a better student, I wouldn’t have needed her help to translate it.
Of course, this was in the early 80s before we knew about ADHD. I remember all-too-clearly my final exam, a “do it on your own” that I took in the library. I think I took three hours to get through what should have been a 45-minute test. I spent those other two hours wriggling around, pacing around the library, reading every other book I could possibly find instead of working on the test that was (for me) difficult to the point of impossible. When I wonder if I ever had the “H” in ADHD, I remember that test, and the mystery is gone.
