Remember This When Solving Problems

There were two wood choppers, and their boss had given each of them the exact same amount of wood to chop, which was quite a bit.

The first woodchopper chopped all day and night, didn’t stop for anything – had to get it done!

The second woodchopper worked a little differently. He would stop every hour or so. Then he would disappear for 15 minutes, then come back and chop again. Every hour he did this. Chop for awhile, disappear for 15 minutes, come back, and chop again.

The boss came around the next day and saw the first woodchopper with his big pile of wood that still needed chopping. He then went over to the 2nd woodchopper and saw all the wood, now neatly chopped, into nice neat little piles.

The boss and the first wood chopper stared at the work of the 2nd woodchopper. Neither of them could understand how he was able to accomplish so much, so fast, especially in light of all those little breaks he was taking, and demanded an explanation.

The second woodchopper said, “That’s easy. Every time I went away, it was to sharpen my ax.”