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Apparently You're Allowed to Rest

Maybe you have heard of this story, maybe you haven't, but since you're here... There were these two lumberjacks. Every morning they started cutting wood at the same time. Every evening they stopped cutting wood at the same time. But every day, in the middle of the day, one of the lumberjacks disappeared for an hour. And every single day, that lumberjack cut more wood than the other. One day, after months of this, the lumberjack who worked all day finally asked, “I have to know… every day we start at the same time and stop at the same time. Every day you disappear for an hour, and yet you cut more wood than I do. Where do you go?” The other lumberjack looked up and said, “Oh. I go home and sharpen my axe.” Working all the time doesn't make you more productive. Taking breaks and sharpening your axe makes you more productive. Well… who would have thought? I believe it was ingrained into my generation (woot woot to those born in the early 80s). Here are just a few sayings that...