John, a woodcutter worked for a company for five years, but never got a raise. The company hired Bill and within a year Bill got a raise. John was furious. He resented the fact that Bill had got a raise within just a year. He decided to go and talk to his boss about it.
The boss said, "You are still cutting the same number of trees five years ago. We are a result oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up."
John went back, started hitting harder and putting in longer hours, but he still wasn't able to cut more trees. He went back to his boss and told him his dilemma.
"Go and talk to Bill about it."
"Talk to Bill?"
"Yeah! Maybe there's something he knows, that you don't."
So John went to where Bill was doing his cutting. "Hey Bill," he said, "tell me how you go about cutting more trees than me?"
Bill stopped for a moment and beckoned John to him, "John," he said, "after every tree I cut, I take a two minute break and sharpen my axe! When was the last time you sharpened your axe?"
Yes my dear friends, when was the last time you took time to sharpen your axe? I know doctors who are still steeped in old theories and methods; businessmen who run their businesses the old fashioned way; presidents of companies who use ancient, out dated theories of management; men and women who won't go near a computer: They wonder why their colleagues are doing better despite toiling hard.
If they would only take time off to sharpen their axe; to feed their minds with the latest in technology, study the newest methods. If only they would read newspapers and journals. If only Cyril would read this piece and be less of a bore..!
It's time to sharpen your axe..!
More to come, Dream a lot, think creative, work hard and Succeed...
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