Catatan Mingguan (13-19 Oktober 2014)

By : A’inatul Mardliyah

“Work hard is important, but work wisely is more important”

In this note, i will not tell my experiences. I just want to share about something that i learn in this week. Firstly, i will tell you a story about the competition of two men. They must fell the trees. One of them who can fell more, become the winner. The first man tried to fell all of the trees in front of him. When he had the rest time, he didn’t stop to fell the trees. All day and all night, he never stop. He just rest for a while. On the other hand, the second man also felled the trees. But when he had a rest time,he stop. And when the rest time was over, he continued his work seriously. And you know who win the competition? Yes, you are right. The winner was the second man.

Work Smarter, Not Harder

The first man become so sad. He felt that all of his effort become useless. But he didn’t understand why the second man can fell the trees more. Whereas, he wasted the time to fell the trees more than the second man.So, he asked to the second man. How can it be? The second man answered that he always sharpen his axe when he had a rest time. So, even if the first man didn’t rest, his axe become blunt. So it would decelerate his work. And the second man could do his work quickly. So... he could be the winner.

When i read this story, i remembered about myself. I ever inthe first man position. When i was a student at the elementary school, i wanted to success in my examination. So, i stayed up all night to read my book. But, i couldn’t answer the questions well. I forgot about all of the material that i read. How can it be? I felt so tired and i couldn’t concentrate. So, i couldn’t get my maximal scores. Oh... So sad. I don’t want to do it again. I want to be the second man who can finish his work wisely.

In this week, i have many task, but i didn’t feel so confuse. Because some of my task had done in the last month. I have calculated about it. If i did my task in the “last minute” time, i would be pressured. Because there would be many tasks that must be done. So, if i did my tasks one by one from the first, i wouldn’t find any difficulty in the future.  And i could do my targets in this month well. In the last month, i did my tasks until i forgot about my target. In this month, i would do my targets well and finished my other tasks. i thought that it was the best way for me to get my maximum yield.

I was inspired by someone in this week. I read about his experiences to get a scholarship.  About his way to learn. Yes, he had a theory to learn. It was amazing. And i have proved it with my friends. It will be the way to be the second man in the story above, work wisely. Trust me... Hehe..

Surabaya, October 19th, 2014.

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