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TO ALL MY WORKING FRIENDS OUT THERE!
 Just to share...I find this story very motivating.
 I hope this adds value to your own personal life.....


 Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter. He asked for
 a job from 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 woodcutter brought down 18
 trees. The Boss was very much impressed and said, "Congratulations, Go
on that way!" Very motivated by the words of the boss, the woodcutter
tried harder the next day, but he only could bring down 15 trees.
 The third day he tried even harder, but he only could bring down 10
 trees. Day after day he was bringing down less and less trees. "I must
be losing my strength", the woodcutter thought to himself. 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.

 The moral of the story:
 Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don't
 take time to sharpen the axe. In today's world, it seems that everyone
is busier than ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that? Could it be
that we have forgotten how to stay sharp? There's nothing wrong with activity
 and hard work. But  we should not get so busy that we neglect the
truly imp ortant things in life, like our personal life, taking time to care
for others, taking time to read etc. We all need time to relax, to think
and meditate, to learn and grow. If we don't take time to sharpen the axe,
we will become dull and lose our effectiveness. So start from today, think
about the ways by which you could do your job more effectively and add a lot of value to it.
 Hope this story has given you some insight to life, may you be
 happy always!

  "To handle yourself, use your head. To handle
  others, use your heart".
 


 


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