One of the wisdom sayings from the ancient Hebrew manuscript referred to as Ecclesiastes captures what it is to work smarter, not harder:

“If the axe is dull and its edge unsharpened, more strength is needed, but skill will bring success.” (Ecclesiastes 10:10)

It’s pretty obvious that the idea here is that the intensity of effort isn’t necessarily the most important factor in whether or not any undertaking is going to be a success. Are diligence, effort, discipline, determination, and grit important aspects of a successful life approach? Of course, but economy of motion and economy of energy are key in having the best go of it out there.

In this episode we'll examine ways we can sharpen our axes and look into how this applies to the tasks before us at work, school, in the home, serving the community, or in any worthwhile endeavor.

Attributions, Links & Resources:

“The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving” by Aishwarya Kumar

https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27593253/why-grandmasters-magnus-carlsen-fabiano-caruana-lose-weight-playing-chess

“Want to Burn 3 Times the Calories? Try the Chess Grandmaster Diet (or Just Concentrate Really, Really Hard When the Stakes Are High)” by Jeff Haden

https://www.inc.com/jeff-haden/if-you-want-to-lose-weight-try-chess-grandmaster-diet-or-just-concentrate-really-really-hard-when-stakes-are-high.html

“Turns out thinking burns calories, so grab that extra donut at work” by Meredith Lepore

https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/turns-out-thinking-burns-calories-so-grab-that-extra-donut-at-work

“Top of the World” by Tubebackr

https://www.free-stock-music.com/tubebackr-top-of-the-world.html

https://www.free-stock-music.com/music/tubebackr-top-of-the-world.mp3

“Cold” from the album “Early Days” by Echo Grid (Used by artist’s permission.)

https://www.instagram.com/echo_grid/

https://twitter.com/echo_grid

https://echogrid.bandcamp.com

“Discovery” from the album “Essence” by RRAREBEAR (Used by artist’s permission.)

http://www.instagram.com/rrarebearbeats

http://www.twitter.com/rrarebearbeats

https://soundcloud.com/rrarebearbeats