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—————————— SHARPEN YOUR AXE ——————————
Jo John, a woodcutter, worked for a company for five years but never got a raise. The company hired Bill and within a year he got a raise. This caused resentment in John and he went to his boss to talk about it. The boss said, “You are still cutting the same number of trees you were cutting five years ago. We are a result-oriented company and would be happy to give you a raise if your productivity goes up.” John went back, started hitting harder and putting in longer hours but he still wasn’t able to cut more trees. He went back to his boss and told him his dilemma. The boss told John to go talk to Bill. “Maybe there is something Bill knows that you and l don’t.” John asked Bill how he managed to cut more trees. Bill answered, “After every tree l cut, l take a break for two minutes and sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpened your axe?” This question hit home like a bullet and John got his answer.
My question is, when was the last time you sharpened your axe? Past glory and education don’t do it. We have to continuously sharpen the axe.
———————————( L E S O N )—————————Feed Your Mind
Just like our bodies need good food every day, our minds need good thoughts every day. The key words in the preceding sentence are good food and good thoughts. If we feed our body with junk food and our mind with bad thoughts, we will have both a sick body and mind. We need to feed our mind with the pure and the positive to stay on track. Through constant practice and exposure, we can learn the principles that make a person successful just like we learn to play basketball.
Knowledge is Power
We hear every day that knowledge is power. Not really. Knowledge is information. It is potential power and it becomes power only when it is acted upon. What is the difference between a person who cannot read and a person who can but does not read? Not a whole lot.
Learning is like eating food. It is not how much you eat that matters, what counts is how much you digest. Knowledge is potential power, wisdom is real power. Education takes many forms, it is not just grades and a degree. It is
• cultivating your strength
• learning self-discipline
• listening
• desiring to learn
Our minds, like muscles, stretch or shrink depending on how much or how little we exercise them.
If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.
—Derek Bok
Continuous positive education leads to positive thinking.
On this cloudless night
You can see the stars
And let your heart sing to
Subhanallah Walhamdulillah Walaillahaillah
: Arrogance: An Evil Characteristic
By Shaykh Rabee’ Ibn Haadi Al-Madkhalee
Wage war against yourself from falling into arrogance. An evil characteristic, leading one to disbelief, belittlement of people and rejecting the truth. This is why the wise one (Luqmaan) advised his son not to turn his face away from men, full of pride….
