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  • Asking for a Raise

    2007-05-21 12:23:21

    Asking for a Raise

    At the radio station where I worked, the manager called me into his office to preview a new sound-effects package we were considering purchasing. He closed the door so we wouldn't bother people in the outer office.

    After listening to a few routine sound effects, we started playing around with low moans, maniacal screams, hysterical langhter, pleading and gunshots. When I finally opened the door and passed the manager's secretary, she looked up and inquired, "Asking for a raise again?"  

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  • Sharpen the Axe_story

    2007-03-06 11:37:08

    Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter. He asked for a job
    from a timber merchant and he got it.

    The pay was really good and so were the work
    conditions. For that reason the
    Woodcutter was determined to do his best.

    His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area
    where he was supposed toWork.

    The first day, the woodcutter brought down 18 trees.
    The Boss was very much
    impressed and said, "Congratulations keep it up!"

    Very motivated by the words of the boss, the
    woodcutter tried harder the
    next day, but he only could bring down 15 trees.

    The third day he tried even harder, but he only
    could bring down 10 trees.

    Day after day he was bringing down less and less
    trees. "I must be losing
    my strength", the woodcutter thought to himself.

    He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he
    could not understand
    what was going on.

    "When was the last time you sharpened your Axe?" the
    boss asked.

    "Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my Axe. I have
    been very busy trying to
    cut trees.
    The moral of the story:

    Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy
    that we don't take time
    to sharpen the axe. In today's world, it seems that
    everyone is busier than
    ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that? Could
    it be that we have
    forgotten how to stay sharp?

    There is nothing wrong with activity and hard
    work. But we should not get
    so busy that we neglect the truly important things
    in life, like our
    personal life, taking time to care for others,
    taking time to read, etc.
    We all need time to relax, to think and meditate, to
    learn and grow. If we
    don't take time to sharpen the axe, we will become
    dull and lose our
    Effectiveness.

    So start from today, think about the ways by which
    we could do our job
    more effectively and add a lot of value to it.

    Hope this story has given us some insight to life.
    May we be happy always.

      

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