He who follows two hares catches neither
The simple meaning of this
expression is that if anyone chases two hares together, they will not be able
to catch any Of them but if they Pursue only one hare at a given time, they
will certainly be able to catch it. But this statement has many connotations.
It suggests that we should
concentrate on only one thing at a time, If we select only One thing for our
attention to be paid to and put in our best effort to do it, we must be
successful in doing it sooner or later. But if we choose several things for us
to do together or simultaneously, we cannot pay our full attention to them and,
as a result, nothing will be done. If we have more than one goal to achieve
together, there is every possibility that neither or none of them will be
achieved. •Human capability is limited. If we do many things together, we
cannot do them properly. Therefore, we should set a specific goal for us to
achieve in a particular period of time, After fixing that definite goal we
should work whole-heartedly and to the best of our ability to achieve it. After
one goal is achieved successfully, we should fix a second goal and then a
third. Thus we should set one
goal after another and achieve all the goals one
after another. One success will thus lead us to another success. If we do too
many things together, nothing will be done well—maybe some of them will be done
badly, while some of 'them will not be done at all. So it is unwise to
undertake several things together. If we aim at two birds together, perhaps
neither of them will be killed but if we aim at one bird, it will surely be easier for us to kill it.
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