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How to Spring into Success
By dcole, eHow.com Member
Every year Nature gives us the best examples of how to be successful – the season of Spring!
1. Start slow – Flowers, new leaves, new plants and baby animals don’t suddenly appear full-blown. There is a process, and it is exactly right for each individual plant or animal. Growth takes time, and much of growing happens below the surface where we can’t see it. You don’t plant a seed and then dig it up every day to see how it’s doing. Trust the process. Plant the seeds for your success and give them time to grow.
2. Individuality – Plants grow differently from animals. Plants are so varied – trees don’t have to sprout out of the ground each year, but they make new leaves. Bulbs poke their heads out of the ground earlier than most other flora, bloom brilliantly and then go back to their resting state, while others grow brand new plants from the seeds of last year’s now dead flowers. Your success is uniquely yours because your ideas and your personality are yours and no one else’s.
3. Persevere – If there’s a late frost, it may set things back for the trees and plants that were so hopeful during a warm spell. That doesn’t discourage them though. By summer they will all be in full growth. Don’t let a minor set-back discourage you. Maybe it is time to re-think or gear up. Keep going!
4. Nurturing – Plants need sunshine and rain, animals need food. Nature provides abundantly for every living creature. You can provide your own sunshine (positive attitude) and rain (hard work) and food (new ideas) for your enterprise.
5. Seasonality – To everything there is a season. Spring is a time of rebirth and renewal. Summer is a time of abundant flourishing. Autumn is a time for gathering. Winter is a time of rest. The seasons of your business may not coincide with the calendar year, but you may discover that you have slow times and prosperous times. Recognize and trust that the times of rest are preparatory for the times of new growth.
6. Everything Dies – This is not a negative statement, it is merely the truth. Certain trees may live hundreds of years, while some tiny insects may count their lives in hours. Death of the individual does not mean death of the species. If your enterprise is no longer viable, release it with love and dignity. Realize that the seeds of success for your NEXT experience have been sown by that departed loved one. Spring ahead. Succeed again!
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