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Once upon a time, there was a very strong woodcutter looking for a job. He ran into a timber merchant who was hiring and the woodcutter got the position. The pay depended on how much wood was cut down. So long as the woodcutter cut a lot of wood, he would get paid a lot of money. The work conditions were also great as were the hours. For those reasons, the woodcutter was determined to do his best. 

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

On the first day, the woodcutter worked diligently; cutting as many trees as he could. Drenched in the sweat of his determination and hard work, he brought 22 trees to his boss! 

“Congratulations,” the boss said. “Keep going on that way and keep up the great work!” 

Very motivated by the boss’ words, the woodcutter came back the next day revitalized and determined to cut down more trees than he had the day before. Although he worked harder and longer than he did before, he could only bring 19 trees that day. He went home confused, and disappointed. 

The third day he woke up for work and tried even harder to cut down as many trees as he could. At the end of the third day, he looked at his pile of trees and was hit by a sense of failure. He only cut down 15 trees. Day after day he was bringing less and less trees and he couldn’t understand why. 

“I must be losing my strength”, the woodcutter thought. He went to the boss and apologized, saying that he could not understand what was going on. 

The boss looked at his discouraged and fatigued employee and asked him one question. “When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” 

Confused and out of breath, the woodcutter replied, “Sharpen? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut trees…” 

Its essential for everyone to enhance one's talents progressively in order to cope up with the new challenges of the world.

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