You Need the Right Information to Move Up in Life.

The story goes that every day a man would set his watch by the clock in a jewelry store window. One day the jeweler stopped the man and said, "I see you set your watch by my clock. What kind of work do you do that demands such correct time every day?"

"I'm the watchman at the plant down the street," the man replied. "Every day I blow the five o'clock whistle."

"But...you can't do that," said the surprised jeweler. "I set my clock by your whistle!" It then means that everybody in that city operates with a wrong time. Just for the simple lack of correct information. What a disaster?

Dear reader, you can't grow if you lack information. No matter your title or position in the society, if you are not current, you will be swept away by the roaring wave. Some will tell you that there is no time to learn more while others will complain that it's expensive to get fresh information. I wonder which is more expensive: to learn more and grow in chosen profession or to remain stagnant.

No one knows all. So from time to time we need to learn from others and in turn give back what we know. If we don't take time to refresh our minds, it's bound to become blunt. Like the story of John the woodcutter.

John worked for a company for five years but never got 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 him to go talk to Bill. "May be there is something he knows that you and don't"

John asks Bill how he manages to cut more trees. Bill answered, "After every tree I cut, I take a break for two minutes and sharpen my axe. When was the last time you sharpen your axe?" This question hit home like a bullet and John got his answer.

Dear readers, you can only get to the peak of your chosen field if you take time out to learn something new in your chosen profession. The world keeps changing at a very fast pace, therefore you need to keep abreast with the current things happening in your industry. You are directly or indirectly responsible for whatever happens in your life. Some make it count.