Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Oh my gosh, story time just gets better and better, doesn't it?

I am loving this season of sharing with you some of my very favorite Aesop Fables.

And I'm loving your feedback too. Keep it coming.

Are there any you want to break, are there any you want me to break down? Are there any life areas you want me to explore specifically with some of these old fables? They are timeless and

brilliant and entertaining, oh, endlessly. Okay, here is one called

the bat and the weasels. Be ready. Okay, sit comfortably. A bat, I'm scared of bats,

a bat falling upon the ground was caught by a weasel, of whom he earnestly besought his life.

The weasel refused, saying he was by nature the enemy of all birds.

The bat assured him that he was not a bird, but a mouse, and thus saved his life.

Shortly afterwards, the bat again fell on the ground and was caught by another weasel,

whom he likewise entreated not to eat him. The weasel said that he had a special hostility to mice.

The bat assured him that he was not a mouse, but a bat, and thus a second time escaped. It's wise to turn circumstances to good

account. Let me explain this for you, my friends. Okay, this bat cleverly escaped danger twice

by adapting his identity, so who he is, depending on the situation.

Right? To the weasel who hated birds, he claimed, I'm not a bird. To the weasel who hated

mice, he's like, I'm not a mouse. What is the lesson here, my friends? This is a wise one.

Flexibility, quick thinking,

reading the room allows you not to just survive, but succeed. Reading the room, adjusting your approach, depending on who you're dealing with. Adaptability matters more than stubbornly sticking to one identity or one way of doing things.

So think about this for an example. Just as one that comes up all the time in everyday life.

Imagine you're interviewing for a job and you go to two different companies for similar

positions.

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