Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter asked for a job in a timber merchant, and he got it. The pay was really good and so were the work conditions. For that reason, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was supposed to work.
The first day, the woodcuter brought 18 trees
"Congratulations," the boss said. "Go on that way!"
Very motivated for the boss’ words, the woodcutter try harder the next day, but he only could bring 15 trees. The third day he try even harder, but he only could bring 10 trees.Day after day he was bringing less and less trees.
"I must be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on.
"When was the last time you sharpened your axe?" the boss asked.
"Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees..."
Author : Stephen Covey
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6 comments:
Mann aka Bubbles' new post
she asked me to drop the link to everyone on her blogroll
nice post and a good example why one should work smart , than just work hard.
ps: someone is really making full use of their holiday in the best way possible.
interesting post... wats the morale of this story?
@Vandita
Sure, will drop by to read the new post.
@Vasanthan
Absolutely, hols are pretty hectic actually. *sigh*
@Abhishek Khanna
Hope you liked it :)
@wither leaves
The moral is not jus' to work hard but to work smart (jus as vasanthan had commented) Thanks for dropping by my blog. Will visit your space soon :)
ur monday morning inspirations are really nice..
@ishqia
Thank you so much dear :)
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