Monday Motivation….. December 30, 2013 (151)

Monday Motivation….. December 30, 2013 (151)
Once upon a time two woodcutters have a race on who of them will cut more wood since morning till four o‘clock p.m.
In the morning two men took up their position. First they worked at one speed. But in an hour one of them has heard, that the other one stopped cutting trees. Realizing that this was his chance, the first woodcutter started to cut trees with double efforts.
Ten minutes passed, and he heard that the second woodcutter started to work again. They were working almost synchronously, when the first woodcutter heard that his opponent has stopped again. The first woodcutter started to work, feeling the smell of victory.
This lasted all day long. Each hour one of woodcutters stopped for ten minutes and the other one continued to work. When time expired, the first woodcutter who worked without stopping was absolutely sure that he won the prize.
He was very surprised to know that was mistaken. How did that happen? He asked his partner. Each hour I heard that you have stopped the work for ten minutes. How could you cut more trees than I? It’s impossible!
It was very simple, in fact, answered the second woodcutter. Each hour I stopped the work for ten minutes. And when you were cutting the trees, I sharpened an axe.

Moral:
Smart work is always better than hard work as it requires less time, less energy to achieve your goal, and can be done by using your mind, awareness & other qualities like problem solving techniques, finding more effective solutions than others. Thinking, acting fast is the need of the hour. If we are smart enough then we can sell ourselves in this competitive world..!
Have a great week ahead!