Ultan is out
of the Office.
Stephen Covey tells the story of a man who was walking
through a forest when he came across a frustrated lumberjack.
The lumberjack was trying to cut down a tree with a saw
and was swearing and cursing as he laboured in vain.
“What’s the problem?” the man asked.
“My saw’s blunt and won’t cut the tree properly” the
lumberjack responded.
“Why don’t you just sharpen it?”
“Because then I would have to stop sawing.”
said the lumberjack.
“But if you sharpened your saw, you could cut more
efficiently and effectively than before.”
“But I don’t have time to stop!” the lumberjack
retorted, getting more frustrated.
The man shook his head and kept on walking, leaving the
lumberjack to his pointless frustration.