Searching for the right tree to cut down (where to put our focus in a forest of worldly options) may not be as important as taking considerable time to sharpen our axes beforehand.
Unfortunately, too many of us are focused on the complexity of the forest of trees we find ourselves surrounded by (i.e. media noise, internal dialogues, external conflicts, etc.) and are not focused enough on sharpening the axes we’re carrying around.
Some of our axes include:
Our relationships with people that matter in our lives.
Our strategy for managing our egos.
Our strategy for managing other people’s egos.
Approaching a tree in the forest and chopping it down is twice as hard with an ax that’s dull.
And not all trees respond well to being cut on by all axes.
