Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

Do I have the best little story for you today?

This one makes me really excited because I am all about that damn efficiency and letting it be easy.

Oh yes. This is a good one for you today, my friends. Okay.

It's the story of the two woodcutters. Do you know it? If you know it, then it's wonderful to rehear again and again. And if not, you're in for a treat.

Because if there's probably any expression that I repeat the most in life, in my programs, on the podcast, it's this, working on the right thing is more important than working hard. Because hard work

doesn't equal success. If that were true, then a lot more people who work hard would have a lot more

to show for it. Okay. And this story illustrates this truth beautifully. It's called the two woodcutters. Once upon a time in a dense

forest, two woodcutters, Thomas and Edward, works side by side chopping down trees. They were both

strong and determined, but they had very different approaches to their work. One morning they decided,

one morning they decided to have a friendly competition to see who could chop the most would by sunset.

Thomas, eager to win, swung his axe tirelessly, never ever stopping to rest. He believed that

taking breaks would waste valuable time.

His muscles ached, sweat poured down his face, but he pushed through, determined to cut more wood than Edward.

Edward, on the other hand, took a different approach.

Every hour, he would pause for a short break. He would

sit under a tree, wipe his brow, and sharpen his axe before resuming his work. Thomas laughed at him.

You're wasting time over there. I'm going to win. He would scoff. But when the sunset, they compared their piles of wood.

To Thomas' surprise, Edward had cut double the wood that he had. How is this possible? Thomas

exclaimed, I walk non-stop. You were taking all these breaks.

Edward smiled and said, yes.

But during my breaks, I sharpened my axe.

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