This new year you may want to become competent in some good new habits to help with all your new year’s resolutions. I talk about “The 4 Stages of Competence” over at Change Your Thoughts.
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Tag: ProductivityEating is a very important activity. We spend a large percentage of our life eating. Yet many people take this essential activity for granted and don’t really care how and what they eat. I do understand that many people are not as careful as I am about what goes into their body. I read an interesting article the other day which highlighted these bad habits and how they affect an entrepreneurs productivity. It really got me thinking about my own eating habits and how I can improve them.
Although the source article of this post was targeted to entrepreneurs, I believe that everyone who wants to be productive in any capacity can benefit from the points mentioned. Here are seven of the biggest mistakes people make when it comes to their diets:
Scridb filterThe story is told of a very strong woodcutter who asked for a job at a timber merchant. He got the job and was very excited to start working as the pay and working conditions were great. His boss gave him an axe and showed him the area where he was to fell the trees.
The first day the woodcutter brought 15 trees. The boss congratulated him and told him to continue with his good work. Highly motivated by the words of his boss the woodcutter tried harder the next day but he could only bring 10 trees. The third day he tried even harder, but he could only bring 7 trees. Day after day he was bringing less trees. The woodcutter thought that he was losing his strength. So he went to the boss to apologize and explained that he did not know what was going on. The boss the asked him a simple question: “When was the last time you sharpened the blade your axe?”
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