Abraham Lincoln is regarded as one of the most important presidents in American history. He was well known for his energy and productivity.Abe Lincoln’s productivity secret was to use sharper tools to get the job done more efficiently.’
He said:” Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”Lincoln, who was a skilled woodcutter before becoming president, likely meant this both literally and figuratively. Inefficient tools waste energy.
Sharpening your axe can include many things. But (and most of us forget this), the most important tool for achieving any task in life is YOU – your ability to use your mind and body to its full potential.’
Sadly, it is also the one that we most often take for granted. We expect our bodies and minds to just keep on performing though we don’t nurture them as we should.”
Most of us do not give ourselves enough rest, don’t eat enough nutritional food and don’t drink enough water. We exercise too little and don’t take proper breaks. We don’t relax and we don’t enrich ourselves with learning, creativity and beauty. In short, we don’t sharpen our axe!
Take some time to consider how you ‘sharpen your axe’. Aim for balance, and remember that treating you and your family to a warming day out like this can be a nourishing (and fun) way to help you achieve this!
