Slow and steady wins the race: This statement has reference to the story of the hare and the tortoise. The over-confident hare finds itself defeated by the slow tortoise which is steady and persistent. One should be steady in one’s work and only then can one hope to achieve the desired result. Work done in a hurry or by fits and starts is only slipshod and never perfect. To build a career one has to do constant and hard work without which nothing substantial is gained. Haste, they say, makes waste and so one has to approach the situation in a planned and systematic manner. One cannot succeed at fame and fortune overnight.