I recently heard a colleague complain about a friend who was suffering from the "Red Queen Effect". Puzzled and curious I asked him what exactly this red queen effect was??!!
He explained that the “Red Queen Effect” refers to the Lewis Carroll (1872) story “Alice Through the Looking Glass” where the Red Queen runs hard but never gets anywhere because the surrounding landscape is also moving. In fact in Tim Burton's version of Alice in wonderland, the Red Queen tells Alice, “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place”.
I wonder how many of us are behaving like the red queen in our daily lives? How many of us complain about our relationships, yet don't do anything to change the outcome? How many complain about our jobs, but never act differently? How many crib about current problems, but refuse to find solutions?
Time for a change?! I definitely think so...
He explained that the “Red Queen Effect” refers to the Lewis Carroll (1872) story “Alice Through the Looking Glass” where the Red Queen runs hard but never gets anywhere because the surrounding landscape is also moving. In fact in Tim Burton's version of Alice in wonderland, the Red Queen tells Alice, “Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place”.
I wonder how many of us are behaving like the red queen in our daily lives? How many of us complain about our relationships, yet don't do anything to change the outcome? How many complain about our jobs, but never act differently? How many crib about current problems, but refuse to find solutions?
Time for a change?! I definitely think so...
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