Don't Be a Hamster

Even though I'm cute, don’t be like me! (Photo by Sandra Donoso, https://flic.kr/p/5so3Fg)

Thanks to a text autocorrect fail, a colleague of mine affectionately calls me “Hamsta.” I hate this nickname, because it’s too close to hamster, a creature with three highly undesirable habits:
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1. running endlessly on treadmills, burning energy and getting nowhere
2. constantly seeking food, and when not eating, believing it’s starving
3. scanning for threats every waking moment, making it a nervous wreck

They have a fourth undesirable habit that cannot be described in words, but must be seen (click here).

Hamsters have evolved these traits to stay alive, but humans do not require such behaviors for survival, and if we mimic hamsters, we lose. We need anti-hamster qualities to thrive.

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