Invest in Your “Why”: Achieving Your Goals Now Instead of Later
Long ago, in a Roman village overlooking the Mediterranean, there lived two stonecutters. One toiled endlessly to pay his debts, taking whatever job came his way. He’d chosen his trade because his father had done the same, and his father before him. Each evening before leaving for home, the stonecutter chiseled a notch in a granite outcrop to count the days until he’d finally reach old age and finish cutting stone altogether.
The second stonecutter paid little attention to the end of his days as a craftsman. His sole focus centered on his work, the construction of a magnificent temple perched atop a cliff, towering above the turquoise waters below. He worked passionately, but not any harder than the first. He went home to rest his hands and feet at sundown, eat dinner with his family, and sleep soundly beside his wife. Every morning he eagerly awoke to begin anew, singing songs of joy on his way to work on the temple...
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The second stonecutter paid little attention to the end of his days as a craftsman. His sole focus centered on his work, the construction of a magnificent temple perched atop a cliff, towering above the turquoise waters below. He worked passionately, but not any harder than the first. He went home to rest his hands and feet at sundown, eat dinner with his family, and sleep soundly beside his wife. Every morning he eagerly awoke to begin anew, singing songs of joy on his way to work on the temple...
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