It takes much more effort to cut when your ax is dull.
If you stop often to restore your edge, you can fly through your work effortlessly!
How can you maintain your cutting edge day in and day out?
A story was told of two guys in a wood chopping competition. One never stopped. The second stopped every few minutes and sat under a shade tree.
When the competition ended, the second man actually had more wood cut. He confessed his secret: “When I stopped, I was sharpening my ax.”