I first came across the metaphor of the field mice and the antelope in an old book by James Carville and Paul Begala. They shared a story about Newt Gingrich using the field mice and antelope analogy to apply to politics. Tim Ferriss recently re-shared this story as well on his website. I’ll be honest, I’ve thinking about this metaphor ever since.

Here’s a brief summary of the field mice and the antelope metaphor: