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NICE STORY

Once there was a group of man - a young hot-blooded chap and a big number of old folks, doing timber job in a jungle.

This young chap is very hard working.
He always continues to work through his break time
and complains that those old folks were wasting time,

having to break few times a day to drink and chat.
As times goes by, this young chap noticed that even though
he worked through break time and hardly took a rest.


those old folks are chopping the same amount of trees
as he did and sometimes did more than he did.
It was as if those old folks work through the break time as he did.
So he decided to work harder the next day.
unfortunately the results were even worse.


One day, one of the old folk invited him for a drink
during their break time. That young chap refused
and said he has no extra time to spend!
Then the old man smiled to him and said
it was just a waste of effort to keep chopping trees
without re-sharpening your Axe. Sooner
or later you will give up or be so exhausted
as you have spent too much energy.


Suddenly the young chap realized that
actually during break times while those old folks were having a chat,
they were also re-sharpening their Axe at the same time!
And that’s how they can chop faster
than him and yet spending lesser time!


The old folk said what we need is efficiency
by making use of our skill and ability intelligently.
Only then can we have more times to do other things.


Otherwise you will always keep saying …

I have no time!


Moral of the Story:
By taking a short break during work,
it would make you feel fresher, think well
and work better after the break!
(Or am I just finding excuse to take a break).
But by taking a break, it is not to stop work
but to rest and re-think our strategy to go about it
from another angle.


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20 Responses

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  1. diya bharadwaj says

    your story is pretty interesting and good too

  2. Anju Pangty says

    very inspiring story…………

  3. deby gene says

    i fully agree with the moral of ur story…i do the same….take REFRESHER breaks i mean, ha ha…….no jokes, hey…it really works the way u say it does……

  4. Aameen Khan says

    Wonderful story…….. aameen

  5. rahul says

    hmm…gud one fr my teammates….tx fr sharing…take care

  6. sweta dutta says

    nice story….nd the presentation is gud…….its true that the spare time shud b utilised in a fruitful but leisurely way ……

  7. manavchak says

    welll Composed………..relly nice

  8. SARA says

    nicely said……………break is needed

  9. Snehal says

    well said…….

  10. Shelly says

    NICE SAYING……………..BREAK TO BANTA HAI!!!!!!

  11. Amisha says

    hmmm have a break to break the monotony and refresh…..

  12. ivee nia says

    learning from others - due to their experiences… that is a long way - i know… Thank you for this nice story - Shabbir :)

  13. akhtarrizvi says

    Abbas Bhai…very nice….very modivative story….all the best

  14. Swati Garg says

    Aap sahi fasrmate hein.

  15. Mivida G says

    really true…………..break is needed……………and efficiency level increases after every good break

  16. SHERGiLL kanwar says

    Nice one Dear. ….. This story teach us; during rest we”ll plan our next step of our work how we can work more in less time.

  17. Deepika says

    Liked reading the story alot…Sir one req pls,due to some tech error my post 500Not out got deleted.So pls revisit my post n leave ur comments once again,relly looking forward to receiving ur comments.

  18. tanuj neogi says

    Although heard earlier thanks for reminding…

  19. DM says

    Ever refreshing fable

  20. DM says

    Ever refreshing fable