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Law of the Seed - 15/06/2007 10:05
There is a very good piece of thought. Read carefully and relate to your life.
Take a look at an apple. There might be five hundred apples on the tree and each apple has ten seeds. Thats a lot of seeds! We might ask, Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more apple trees?
Nature has something to teach us.
Its telling us: Not all seeds grow. In life, most seeds never grow. So, if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once".
This might mean:
Youll attend 20 interviews to get one job.
Youll interview 40 people to find one good employee.
Youll talk to 50 people to sell one house, one car, one vacuum cleaner, one insurance policy, or a business idea.
And you might meet a hundred acquaintances just to find one special friend.
When we understand the Law of the Seed, we dont get disappointed. We stop feeling like victims. We learn to deal with things that happen to us. Laws of nature are not things to take personally. We just need to understand them and work with them.
In a nutshell: Successful people fail more often. But they plant more seeds. When things are beyond your control, heres something that you must NOT DO so as to avoid misery in your life:
- You must not decide how you think the world SHOULD be.
- You must not make rules for how everyone SHOULD behave.
- Then, when the world doesnt obey your rules, you get angry!
Thats what miserable people do.
On the other hand, lets say you expect that:
- Friends SHOULD return favours
- People SHOULD appreciate you
- Planes SHOULD arrive on time
- Everyone SHOULD be honest
- Your husband or wife or best friend SHOULD remember your birthday.
These expectations may sound reasonable. But often these things wont happen! So, you end up frustrated and disappointed. Theres a better strategy: Demand less, and instead, have preferences! For things that are beyond your control, tell yourself, I would prefer that, but if that happens, its okay too. This is really a change in mindset. It is a shift in attitude and it gives you more peace of mind
you prefer that people are polite
but when they are rude, it doesnt ruin your day. You prefer sunshine, but if it rains, its okay too!
To become happier, we either need to:
(a) Change the world, or
(b) Change our thinking
It is easier to change our thinking!
In a nutshell: It is not the problem that is the issue, but rather it is your attitude attending to the problem that is the problem. It is not what happens to you that determines your happiness. Its how you think about what happens to you!
Remember Its your attitude that counts!
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