Spend 6 Hours Sharpening the Axe

Tom King

7/21/20251 min read

person holding brown handheld tool
person holding brown handheld tool

"If I had 8 hours to cut down a tree, I would spend 6 sharpening my axe" - Abraham Lincoln
"If I had an hour to solve a problem, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and 5 minutes solving it" - Albert Einstein

Why not dive straight in?
Jump out of the plane, build a parachute on the way down...

Instinctively, we know that proper planning saves time. It's free, returns you time, and will get you better outcomes.

But everything is so urgent. GO DO THIS NOW.
DON'T FORGET, IT'S BERT'S BIRTHDAY.
WORK HARDER.
DEADLINE IS COMING.

You need to reduce the distractions.

Lincoln didn't spend 3 hours scrolling reels...

And you can't do everything.

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