The patient dog

What the patient dog idiom really means.

“The patient dog eats the fattest bone.” –an idiom.

Commentary

Many people have been confused by this saying. Read this short article and update your thinking.

The patient dog is not the one that sits quietly and watches while the other dogs fight for the bones. If it does that, it would only get leftover bones and therefore, it would be skinny and most likely, die of hunger.

The patient dog is the one that fights and struggles with dogs bigger than it for the prize - bones. The patient dog is the one that goes straight for the biggest bone and sinks its teeth deep into it, never letting go no matter what. The patient dog holds on to the biggest bone even if the other dogs bite it. It keeps holding on until finally, the other dogs get tired and go for smaller bones.

I hope you now know how the patient dog really acts.

Action guide

Be patient with what you want to achieve. Hold on, keep working. No matter how many times situations, problems and people try to push you down, keep holding on. That’s what patience is all about.

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PPs: Patience not about sitting idle - waiting. It is about continuous action on the same thing (for days, months, years…) until you get the results you want.