We’ve been told our whole lives “hard work pays off” but is that really true?

Just work hard.

Get a good job. With benefits and health insurance.

Work hard and you’ll reach the American dream.

Since we were young our parents taught us that you have to work hard to get whatever you want in life and achieve your goals.

It was said to us so much that we believed it. But in actuality it’s not really true.

At the very least its only half the truth. Which is the equivalent of a whole lie in my opinion.

People work hard all around you their whole lives but still ending up in debt so obviously working hard alone isn’t the answer.

Let me tell you the story of two neighbors, wood cutter A and wood cutter B. This story can hopefully shed some light on the subject.

One day two neighbors started out to cut piles of wood for their fireplace.

Wood cutter A believed that if you work hard you can always achieve your goals. So that’s what he set out to do at the beginning of the day.

He began to cut wood and based on the idea that the harder you work the faster you achieve your goals, he set out to work hard.

Wood cutter B was by far more strategic and before he started work he strategized his day. He set out to chop the most amount of wood in the least amount of time.

He knew that working hard alone would not achieve his goals. So he planned ahead and followed through with his plan.

Wood cutter A worked the whole day with one small break in between. At the end of the day he created one big pile of wood.

He was so happy because he only planned on producing a half of pile of wood. So he actually finished double of what his goal was. Great!

Wood cutter B took three long breaks throughout the day.

He physically didn’t work nearly as hard as wood cutter A. But at the end of the day he had 3 big piles of wood.

His neighbor (wood cutter A) was jealous and curious to know how this was possible: 3 piles with 3 breaks during the day.

“But how?”

“He didn’t work nearly as hard as me but he has 3 times as much work done” wood cutter A says to himself.

He approached his neighbor and asked him exactly how he was able to cut so much more wood with less work and in less time.

The neighbor explained that he was always taught as a kid to work smarter not harder. That’s exactly what he did.

He calculated how much time it would take to make 3 big piles of wood, enough to get him far into the cold winter.

He also realized that the blade would be dull after a few hours of cutting so he made sure to sharpen his blade every few hours.

He explained that sharpening your blade allows you to chop wood 3 times as faster then with a dull blade.

Sharpen your blade.

Work smarter not harder because hard work “ALONE” will not always produce fruitful results.

COMING SOON:

The book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill and the one “major flaw” concerning the book.