Even If You Win the Rat Race, You’re Still a Rat – Quote Investigator®

The reason why we see so many rat racers around is that our culture reinforces this belief. If we get an A at the end of the semester, we get a gift from our parents; if we meet certain quotas on the job, we get a bonus at the end of the year. We learn to focus on the next goal rather than on our present experience and chase the ever-elusive future

The race in writing is not to the swift but to the original.