{"id":1782,"date":"2009-02-26T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2009-02-27T06:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=1782"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:32:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:32:04","slug":"what-happens-if-the-dog-catches-the-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=1782","title":{"rendered":"What happens if the Dog Catches the Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"dog-chasing-car\"I grew up in a rural area. \u00a0Rural enough that dogs chased cars. \u00a0Extraordinarily enough, the dogs never caught the cars. \u00a0In fact, they never got close. \u00a0It was good sport. \u00a0The dog felt very fulfilled, barked aggressively and made sure to never come close to catching the car. \u00a0As best as I can recall, the car was never affected by the ordeal.<\/p>\n

How many of us catch the whiff of opportunity, chase after a new opportunity without stopping to consider the ramifications if we get it? \u00a0I know I’ve cursed my luck for not getting a position, and jealously watch someone else get sucked down a drain. \u00a0The ironic thing is how often the first person to win a great opportunity flame out. \u00a0Either because the lacked the skills or because expectations got so carried away, no one could hope to succeed. \u00a0That’s the dog who caught the car.<\/p>\n

So the next time you see that great opportunity and begin bargining your life away, think about whether it’s worth the tradeoffs necessary. \u00a0Think about whether you have the skills and abilities to make the choice pay off. \u00a0Think about whether you want to be the dog that catches the car.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I grew up in a rural area. \u00a0Rural enough that dogs chased cars. \u00a0Extraordinarily enough, the dogs never caught the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":898,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leadership"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/898"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14203,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/14203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}