A tree is a natural example of a perfect business. It energises us
with fresh oxygen while recycling our waste air. It absorbs energy
directly from the sun while we still have to digest food. It aligns with
the forces of nature. Imagine your business is like a tree. Is your
business growing each year and producing ripe results? Or is it stunted
and withering.
Here are some ways that you can regenerate your life and business using the wisdom of a seed, a tree and a forest.
1. The Seed That Grows A Forest.
Look
at a seed. Perhaps an apple seed. It has an entire apple tree enfolded
within it. This one seed can start a tree. Perhaps a whole forest. Now
apply the same thinking to your business. What seed vision animates your
business? Where is the heart in your business? What makes it breath and
live? The answer is YOU. Your business vision must support your life
vision. What is my life vision, you ask. Hmmm.
Think like a seed
again. Design a lifestyle that you desire. Envision your life in all its
many colours, shapes and stages of growth. Create wonderful
possibilities. Charge this vision with good feelings. What you feel
becomes real. Sow this seed vision within your heart. It will soon grow
upwards into your head and outwards beyond your body.
2. The Roots Produce The Fruits.
Whatever
you sow, it will grow. A seed grows a complete root system before it
breaks through the soil surface. Now if you planted cabbage seeds when
you really wanted apples then you will experience a very different
result. The results in your life and business are like fruits. They can
be traced back to your original seed thoughts. These original seed
thoughts grew deep roots. They formed your beliefs about life and
business. Your beliefs branched into behaviours. Your behaviours formed
habits. Your habits created results. Your results created your life. If
you have a major problem area in your life then this is just a result.
It could be the result of a limiting memory planted many years ago. For
example, a barking dog can still cause anxiety in an adult who remembers
being bitten as a child. Certain words capture the power of our
beliefs. For example, say the word, STOP, 10 times with feeling. Note
the physical sensations in your body. Now say the word, GO, 10 times
with !
feeling. Note the physical difference between these two
words. The lesson here is to choose words that cause a positive
vibration in your body. Changing your vibrations can help to eliminate
old root beliefs by shaking them loose from the soil of your mind.
3. Turn Weeds and Toxic Thoughts Into Fertiliser.
The
success of your business depends on increasing energy levels and
removing blockages. So start to clear out any weeds. I call WEEDS -
Wasted Effort Energy Drains. Find all the weeds in your life and
business. Simply make a list of the 10 most terrible negatives in your
life. On a separate paper, write the complete opposite of these
negatives. Find their positive equivalents. Like turning your weeds into
flowers. Now tear up your negative list and ceremonially burn it. Like
burning old weeds in the garden. Now focus on your positive list. Use
this list as seeds for positive growth. It is important that you raise
your life-force, your energy levels. Weeds, pests and toxic thoughts
drain your energy and stunt your growth.
4. Money Is Just A Fruit Full of Energy.
Money
is just another form of energy. It is like a ripe fruit. We desire the
juicy taste and sweet joy of the fruit. Rather than just the fruit
itself. Similarly with money. We want the freedom and joy that money
brings. Rather than just lots of money. So focus on all the good things
money can create. Imagine you have sufficient money or fruit to feed
yourself and a 1000 other hungry mouths. You help them grow their fruit
trees so that they can feed others. It is no point in having
basket-loads of money yet you are still poor in heart and mind. It is
like the greedy king who kept all his ripe, golden fruit in his kingdom
for himself. His joy was short-lived when his fruit all started to rot.
So the lesson is to be wealthy in mind, heart and bank account.
5. Marketing Lessons of A Tree.
What
value does your business provide to the market? Who is your market?
Think like a native tree in a forest. How does it attract birds, bees
and other animals? Does it use nuts to attract squirrels or shiny red
berries for the birds? Does it have bright flowers with a beautiful
fragrance to attract bees? The marketing lessons of tree are about
sending out good vibrations that attract your preferred customers. Using
light, sound, touch, smell, taste and feeling to form a connection.
What subconscious messages are you sending out about your business? Your
customer's subconscious antennae are picking up signals all the time.
Make sure you are releasing a positive message like a flower releasing a
beautiful perfume.
So look to nature when seeking new inspiration
and ideas. There are many business masters within the classrooms of a
forest. So start with the teachings of a tree. In fact, grow one. Grow
several. It all starts with a single seed.
