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Sharpen your axe: Manage your stress

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  SHARPEN YOUR AXE: MANAGE YOUR STRESS  Sometimes, in order to get ahead, you have to pause to sharpen your axe. Recently, I attended a meeting that changed the way I approach my daily activities and work significantly, PROPELLING ME TO WORK SMARTER RATHER THAN HARDER . One of the presenters stood up and told us a story that immediately caught my attention and changed my thinking. This is how she started: In a certain country, there was a very hardworking lumberjack who really loved his work and was determined to do his best to get the rewards he deserved. The man would wake up very early in the morning, take his axe, and go out to cut down some trees. In the first few days, or even weeks, things were going well, and he was able to earn a lot of money. But as time passed, despite his efforts, the number of trees he was able to cut started to decrease. He began to think about what to do and eventually came to the conclusion that he should prolong his working hours, wake up ea...

UMUHANGAYIKO UKABIJE

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  TYAZA ISHOKA YAWE:    HANGANA N'UMUHANGAYIKO UKABIJE Rimwe na rimwe, kugira ngo ubashe kujya mbere, ni ngombwa guhagarara gato ukabanza ugatyaza ishoka yawe. Hambere aha, nitabiriye inama yahinduye uburyo nkoramo imirimo yanjye ya buri munsi n'akazi mu buryo bugaragara,YANYIGISHIJE GUKORESHA UBWENGE AHO GUKORESHA IMBARAGA CYANE.  Umwe mu batanze ibiganiro yarahagurutse atubwira inkuru yahise ikurura ibitekerezo byanjye ihindura imitekerereze yanjye. Uku niko yatangiye: Mu gihugu kimwe, hariho umugabo w'umunyamurava watemaga ibiti, yakundaga akazi ke kandi yari yariyemeje gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo abone umusaruro ukwiriye. Uwo mugabo yabyukaga kare cyane mu gitondo, agafata ishoka, akajya gutema ibiti. Mu minsi ya mbere, cyangwa ibyumweru, ibintu byagenze neza atangira kubona amafaranga menshi. Uko igihe cyagendaga gihita, niko n'umubare w'ibiti yatemaga ku munsi warushagaho kugenda kugenda ugabanuka. Ibi byatumye atangira gutekereza icyo yakora, amaherez...