So recently I was working on a project that had an extreme time crunch that required a lot of dedication and commitment above normal means. In between all this I was talking to a person on how whenever I personally commit to something I am willing to do what it takes. Just like accepting some kind of business agreement, if you agreed to it then you need to find a way to fulfill it.

Now the person kind of implied to me that time was a factor for him in doing this as there simply wasn’t enough time in the day. I then threw an interesting comment on how if this was like say a $100,000 project then I‘m sure the story would be different. Sure enough, he responded by saying that was different as there would be a lot of money to motivate him to do so.

I thought that was such a perfect example on how usually when people say there is never enough time in the day as a reason to not do something that usually the real reason is that they are not passionate or motivated enough about what they are doing.

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Today I was talking to a person who brought up a point on how sometimes you have to step back and sharpen yourself up before moving forward again. That then reminded me of this little story I was told about sharpening one’s axe to be more effective. Apparently this story can be told in different ways, but I’ll write the one that I heard.

There is one young guy and one older person who were both cutting wood with their axe. They were both going at the same pace and were cutting the same amount of wood. Eventually though, the older person would stop and go to the side. The younger person just laughed at how he had so much more energy than him to last longer and so he just kept cutting away.

The older person did eventually come back to start cutting again. Similarly though, after awhile he would stop and go to the side. Again, the younger person just laughed at it since he didn’t need to rest and so he just kept cutting.

At the end of the day, there was two piles of wood. The older person’s pile was two times more than the younger person’s. The younger person was dumbfounded on the older person was able to cut so much more wood when he kept taking a break all the time. The older person then mentioned that he wasn’t taken break, but rather he was simply going back to sharpen his axe during those times.

I thought this was great little mind thinking story on how by constantly sharpening yourself up you can be more effective in whatever it is that you do.

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