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Take 2 - How Do You Sharpen Life’s Pencil?
photo credit: russelljsmith
This is the third post in the occasional Take 2 series (2 posts covering the same subject in a different way).
Today’s Take 2 posts examine the analogy of sharpening your life like sharpening a pencil, and provide some food for thought about how to do this.
The first one is by Gentleman Savant (his real identity remains a mystery) of a newish blog called The Gentleman Savant. I recently posed the question to Gentleman Savant - How do you sharpen life’s pencil? This post Ask The Gentleman Savant: Special First Edition! is his insightful and witty response.
The second post is called Sharpen Your Life Like You Sharpen A Pencil by Tim Milburn of studentlinc.
Of course I am a sucker for metaphors and analogies so I could keep milking this theme a bit more. I won’t though as I am up early tomorrow to attack some gym equipment (aka exercise) and I think my Take 2 guests have done a splendid job with this topic, and provided plenty of food for thought.
Please feel free to use the sharpener I have provided above in the photo, and now with pencils at the ready it is time to share your thoughts.
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Thank you for such a thoughtful question, and for linking to me, and for the compliments! Go, Leanne!
Hi Leanne. I too am a sucker for metaphors. Thanks for sharing both of these blog articles. I have visited and commented on both of them.
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Hi G Savant
You are welcome.
Hi Davina
Glad you liked them. I haven’t left a comment on the second blog article yet must do that now….
Hi Leanne.
I’m glad to see you found my article helpful. I’m honored that you would post a link to it on your site. It is amazing what we can accomplish if we take the time to slow down and sharpen our skills, our focus, and our efforts. Great site you have here. Best of luck on your future endeavors.
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Hi Tim - Thanks for popping over and saying Hi.
I agree it is amazing what we can achieve and as you point out in your article we can continually learn, grow and develop too.
Hi Leanne,
I must confess that I read the articles a couple of days ago and whilst I liked them very much I kind of dismissed them. I didn’t mean to do it and it’s no reflection on either author. But as I do, I’ve been pondering the idea, and as a result I’ve gained some benefit from the process.
I won’t bore you too much with the details, but the short version is: I like writing with pencils but it annoys me that I have to sharpen them so very frequently. Well it didn’t sink in at first when I read the articles, but the point is that the frequent stopping and sharpening is what builds the habit of reviewing and assessing – something I’m not great at – and the reason my personal organisation always falls down. So… Thanks Leanne, thank you Gentleman Savant and thank you Tim.
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Your initial reaction is what I would generally expect as I find the same when I read blog posts especially in the personal development/self improvement arena. Whilst I like a lot of what I read, there isn’t necessarily anything I take away from the message as it may not be relevant to me at the time. The reality is that most of the time a blog post by itself (commenting etc on blogs of course is a different kettle of fish) is an interesting read and not much more than that. My blog is no different in that respect.
Like you I have sometimes thought about what I have read and sometimes days, weeks or even months later I will be able to draw upon something useful I have read that will help me realise I need to make changes and/or help me with actually making changes in my life.
Thanks for providing that feedback Dave. It is nice to know when someone is able to take away a little gem from visiting my blog.