if you want to go fast go alone if you want to go far go together
if yoo WONT too GOH FAST goh uh-LOHN if yoo WONT too GOH FAR goh tuh-GETH-er
ɪf juː wɒnt tuː ɡoʊ fæst ɡoʊ əˈloʊn ɪf juː wɒnt tuː ɡoʊ fɑːr ɡoʊ təˈɡɛðərListen
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a proverb attributed to African oral tradition — most often to the Swahili-speaking world though its precise origin is disputed — contrasting the speed of individual action with the sustainability and reach of collective effort; solitary actors may move quickly because they need no coordination, but they exhaust themselves and are limited by what one person can carry, protect, and sustain; those who organise collectively move more slowly at first but achieve distances and outcomes beyond any individual's capacity; the proverb is widely cited in organisational leadership, social movement theory, and community development discourse as a caution against the cult of the heroic individual and an argument for patient coalition-building
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