11. Parable of the Skunk New Threat: Trucks Skunk’s response to danger: 1. Face danger 2. Raise tail 3. Turn 4. Fire
12. Parable of the Skunk Result: 1. No learning 2. No change 3. No skunk
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Hinweis der Redaktion
The Parable of the Skunk • Skunks live in the woods and have the perfect defense. • If stumbled upon, they turn, raise their tails and spray …the result: • Running into a skunk ruins your whole day! • All this works well as long as the skunk lives in the woods. • Unfortunately, paved roads are coming into the woods … • And a new kind of animal the skunk has never encountered … • Encountering this new beast, the skunk uses his proven defense. He turns, raises his tail and …
All this works well as long as the skunk lives in the woods. • Unfortunately, paved roads are coming into the woods … • And a new kind of animal the skunk has never encountered … • Encountering this new beast, the skunk uses his proven defense. He turns, raises his tail and …
He is extinct
Moral of the Parable of the Skunk Doing what you’ve always done won’t necessarily get you what you’ve always gotten… Sometimes it will get you killed
Lesson of the Parable of the Skunk • Human beings have it all over the skunk … We can communicate, learn and change techniques that don’t work anymore. Unlike skunks – we can learn from other’s mistakes and emulate other’s successes. We do not have to continue in the same old routine. We have an opportunity to change.