One Minute Read - Best way to top the Productivity

Once upon a time, somewhere in a Village there used to be a Farmer and his two Sons. The Farmer was old and was unable to work, but, he had trained his sons to be able to replace him reasonably well and carry on the harvesting year after year, thereby continue his legacy.

However, the major issue was that both the Brothers were bitter enemies and hated each other. The younger brother was greedy and elder brother was organized and well disciplined. Everyone thought that Elder brother is Lazy, he only did what he thought was best and was principled, well planned and futuristic. The younger wanted a chance to always prove to his elder brother that he is better than him. The Farmer knew this, so before he died, he made his decisions and put his Will on the paper that he will split all his property into 60% to the Younger son and 40% to the Elder Son.

The younger Son was not happy with all this. He would get only 4 Oxen, 6 Acres of Land and only 6 Cows. While the elder bro got 2 Oxen, 4 Acres of Land, and 4 Cows. The Elder brother wanted to prove he is the best and take on the rest of the property, get his elder brother to work under him. But, he was further more disappointed to see his elder brother contented and happy with what he got. The Elder brother humbly accepted his father’s decision and got to work. Younger brother was full of rage, he wanted to prove that he was better than his brother and his work could yield better results and harvest than his brother.

So the younger brother started working, working very hard, day and night he put his efforts. Often he used to see that his elder brother leave home right at the sunset, while he carried his work till midnight and would start much early before the brother arrived. His elder brother was not actually worried about anything, he knew if he worked sincerely, honestly and efficiently he would make the best use of all his tools and resources.

But the younger brother, put more and more work into his field.

Finally the season of harvesting came and when measured his elder brother had better crop quality and quantity than his! He was surprised, he couldn’t believe his eyes. According to him he had done nothing wrong! He was energetic, enthusiastic and had worked very hard.

He couldn’t resist, he went and asked his brother. The answer was simple. The Elder brother rested his Ox, himself well during the night while he also ensured he put the right measure of manure, fertilizer and kept all his tools clean and tidy. And most importantly he kept the next day planned according to the weather. So that’s productivity. The younger brother had worked very hard, didnt research how much fertilizer is required, how healthy his oxen are, at what pace should he plough, he did not check the weather and plan things well etc.,.,so it all affected on his productivity.

When you put smartness into your hard work, that’s when you get productivity. Its not work you put into your smartness. You can no longer be productive if you are competing only for numbers, productivity is much more than that, its your bread and butter. No matter where you are, what you are, rest yourself well, get good sleep, plan the next day well, stay calm and cheerful, eat timely food, stay positive and keep working, research on small things, observe other people, learn from them, improvize yourself constantly and The reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become… Thank you for reading the blog. I made the story as simple and short to save your time and yet glue you till the end. Hope you enjoyed it.