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There is a Chinese proverb that goes something like this…the best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now. So if you want shade you need to plan for it.
What the proverb leaves out is all the things that have
to happen in that 20 years for the tree to provide the shade. It needs sun,
water, and nutrients to thrive and grow. I often use this proverb to illustrate
the importance of doing now in order to be who you want to be later. You need a
plan, a road map for your success. The work I do today will bear fruit 10, 20,
30 years from now. For the change I want to make tomorrow needs to be different
than today and so on.
The work you need to do to get where you want to go
needs to start now. It will continue until you get to your destination. If you
want to be doing something different later, change what you are doing today and
keep changing it.
Otherwise you may wake up a year from now and find
yourself in the same place you are now. And wouldn’t that be a shame if you
expected to be someplace else!
John Mariotti
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412
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