New Work Pants

A farmer was fixing the fences with his newly hired hand early in the morning. Suddenly, the farmer dropped a plank of wood he was holding into a patch of mud. Up came the mud splashing over both the farmer and the hired hand, dirtying their clothings.

The farmer's wife was in the kitchen and saw the incident. She couldn't help but felt her husband dropped the plank on purpose. Quietly, she asked her husband about it during lunch.

"I didn't want to do it," out came the farmer. "But didn't you see our young boy wearing a pair of new work pants this morning? He was paying more attention to keeping his pants clean than the work at hand when we started. Have you noticed how much faster we got the fences fixed after he had dirtied his pants?

Put your pride aside and get down to the work. You'll find yourself more flexible, your world widen, and your door being knocked more often by opportunities. If you're not willing to get your hands dirty, you won't be making much progress at all.