Plant Yourself For Success
A friend and mentor of mine once told me of a time when she was preparing to do some planting in her flower garden. She had heard of a place nearby that sold remarkable plants and flowers. Upon arriving one of the workers saw her and asked, “Can I help you ma’am?” The customer responded by telling the worker that she was interested in a particular kind of plant to place in her garden. She had heard from others that this particular location turned out some of the best of that particular type and that she had had trouble growing them before. The worker responded by asking her, “Well, what are you putting in the hole?” Caught off guard, she responded, “The plant.” The worker responded, “You can put a $2 plant in a $100 hole and get a $100 plant, but if you put a $100 plant in a $2 hole, you’ll eventually end up with a $2 plant.” While some of the details of this story may be a little off (since I’m not much of a gardener), the story makes a good point. I can’t count the number of times i