Skip to main content Skip to footer Today was about risks, going to the gym sick, making decisions on a field I’m not an expert in, understanding an offended party and joining a coffee appreciation seminar.
All for the sake of self improvement, growth and Kaizen. Investing in your health, yourself and your presence of mind feels good and is good. Yet a lot of people seem to overlook it.
There is a parable of a lumber that reminds me of this situation, a short summarized version if I may:
There was a lumber jack who was able to cut down 20 trees on his first day, 15 on his second and 10 on his third. While his muscles were still in a better shape than before, his force and damage to the trunk seems to dwindle. Finally as he was perplexed on how in a day his record turned from 20 to 5 a day, his mentor merely asked him if he has sharpened his axe, he didn’t.
It’s not all about effort, it’s also the one who makes the effort. Your axe is your skill, your tasks are your lumber. The more you improve and diversify your skill, the better chances of you finding out inspiration and fulfilment in your life and work.
So in your routinary life, do something that makes you scared, invest in something to gain and be against a cycle. Make that dent in your schedule. Mine is probably going to be that study of coffee.
Lose yourself, love the grind, because in the end it’s only going to make you damn fine. Pun intended ZING!
I’m also just trying to convince myself to go to that coffee appreciation event as it is my dream to establish a cafe someday.
