As a seasoned motivational speaker, I am always looking for good stories to tell.
Dale Carnegie told the story of two men who were out chopping wood. One fellow worked hard all day, took no breaks, and only stopped briefly for lunch. The other chopper took several breaks during the day and the woodsman who had taken no breaks was quite disturbed to see that the other fellow had cut more wood than he had.
“I don’t understand,” he said. “Every time I looked around you were sitting down—yet you cut more wood than I did.” “Did you also notice that while I was sitting down, I was sharpening my ax?” his companion asked.
Knowing when to stop, when to take a break, when you’ve had enough sleep, and enjoying the vacation . . . are all like sharpening our axes. We’ll be more productive, empowered and “Sell More,” if we know when to stop working and tend to some other essentials of life.
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