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Sharpen Your Axe: Why Rest and Strategy Beat Relentless Hustle
The Sharpest Axe Wins: Rest, Precision, and Purpose in Business
Surprisingly, doing less might be exactly what gets you further. Brad Draper opens The Hard Choice with a timeless parable about two lumberjacks, and the lesson cuts straight to the heart of modern productivity culture.
The story is simple but powerful. A young lumberjack works relentlessly for twenty-four straight hours while an older competitor keeps stopping to rest and sharpen his blade. The older lumberjack wins. He wins because sharper swings accomplish more than exhausted ones. The idea is worth repeating: effort without…
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