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Sharpening Your Axe!
He could enjoy his life and his family, because he was a woodcutter. He liked his job and he was very good at it. Over time, he began to notice that he seemed to be working harder and harder to get his allotment of wood cut every day. He'd start to arrive at the woodlot earlier and leave later. Eventually it got to the point that he was up and gone before the kids were out of bed, and he wouldn't get home till after dark, when it was long past the kid's bedtime. His lunch breaks became nothing more then grabbing a sandwich while he continued to work, and his coffee breaks were gone altogether. One afternoon while he was working away cutting his allotment of wood, his neighbour from the adjoining lot happened to wander by. "Hey George," his neighbour called out. "We haven't seen you for coffee lately. What'cha been up to?" "Just working away." George replied, "Trying to get my allotment of wood cut." "Hold on there a minute George... let me see your axe." "I don't have time to get my axe sharpened, Fred..." George answered back. "I have all this wood I need to cut." As entrepreneurs and business owners, we all need to take the time to sharpen our axe, to work smarter, not harder. We need to be continually honing our skills. Sometimes we need to stop working "in" the business, to allow us time to work "on" the business. |
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There
once was a woodcutter that worked everyday in the woodlot. His was a good
life. Each day he would rise, pack a lunch, have breakfast with the family
and help get the kids off to school. After that, he would enjoy a second
cup of coffee while he read the morning paper. He would then fill his
thermos and leave for work because each day, he had his "allotment" of wood he
needed to cut. He'd have his coffee break, his lunch break, sometimes even
getting a 10 minute nap after lunch, his afternoon coffee where he'd socialize
with the other woodcutters at the woodlot, and, having cut his allotment of wood
for the day, he'd still manage to be home about the same time as the kids got
home from school everyday. He'd play with the kids, sometimes help his
wife make supper, sometimes help the kids with their homework. After
supper he'd relax, sometimes help his wife with dishes, sometimes he'd bring out
his fiddle and play. The kids always likes that.