What’s A Question You Love To Be Asked (Or Asking)?

Am I hunting antelope, or chasing field mice?

I first came across this question over a decade ago in Buck Up, Suck Up... and Come Back When You Foul Up. It’s a book where political strategists James Carville and Paul Begala describe how Newt Gingrich — for all the ideological disagreements they had with him — used this analogy to stay focused on what truly mattered.

It’s simple: a lion can catch field mice, but it takes more energy than it’s worth. If it spent all day doing so, it’ll starve. An antelope, on the other hand, takes more skill and effort to catch, but it can feed the lion for days.

It’s not about working hard – it’s about making sure your effort is going toward something that actually moves the needle.