Sharpening Your Axe: Working Smarter Instead of Harder
Uploaded on 14 Jan 2010
Motivational "gurus" place a great deal of emphasis upon "persistence" as the key to success—but that's like trying to cut down a tree with a dull axe. If you "persist," after many strokes, you'll "succeed" in cutting, or knocking, the tree down, but what can you do with the tree afterwards? A "sharp axe" requires less strokes, and that represents the use of wisdom before persistence. Metal up!