As Your Why
gets Bigger you get Better
That was a
very simple statement, I can’t remember who said it but nonetheless, “When your
why gets bigger, you get better.”
Darren Hardy
tells the story of a man approaching three brick layers. He approaches the
first one and asks what he is doing, the reply is, “What do you think I am
doing, I am laying bricks!”
The second
one, when asked the same question answers, “I am building a wall.”
The third
one, when asked the same question answers, “I am building a great cathedral.”
Whose why
was the biggest?
Last week, I
was working with a new person, Jack. We were planting bulbs – narcissus,
anemone, and much more. Now Jack is not looking at the position she has with us
as long term (right now). She just needs a couple of days a week to make ends
meet. She is trying very hard and is developing into a good gardener.
Allium
Now the reason
I am telling you this is this: On Wednesday last week we were standing in the
front yard of our client and I was just slowly rotating looking at the “barren”
garden beds. Jack asked me what I was looking at and I said I was looking at
April and May. She looked puzzled.
.
Narcissus
Then I described to her the colour blocks
that would start appearing as soon as the snow melts. My arm was outstretched
and I was telling her how the owner would see the different colour blocks from
different points of view.
Anemone
My
horticultural why was very large that week. The owner asked for the Taj Mahal
of the nirth and gosh darn it, they will get it!
So what
about my business…
In order to
make my why larger I believe I need to change my belief in myself. I know I can
do anything horticultural. I can do anything anywhere.
I have to re-invigorate
my why and make it even bigger. That is what I am going to do today. I am
working on what I told you about yesterday too, the Things are not Always what
they Appear exercise.
This is a
short post, but I have a lot of work to do – on myself.
Matt
No comments:
Post a Comment