Law of the Harvest

Leaders face the facts. They question their assumptions, study their environment, and refuse to shy away from inconvenient truths. By defining reality, they position themselves to make informed choices about what should be done and how to go about doing it. People tend to exaggerate yesterday, overestimate tomorrow, and overlook today. Leaders are the exception. They know today matters, and they make the most of the minutes in their day. They measure success by the seeds they sow rather than the harvest they reap, believing that effort ultimately is rewarded with results.
~ John Maxwell

I've had the personal experience of working with many people who don't understand this principle. They are looking for immediate reward for the work they do, like a job. Other than working at a job...life just doesn't work that way. The same principles that hold true for planting a garden and reaping a harvest apply whether you're an athlete with the goal of becoming a professional or an Olympian, a musician aspiring to become a recording artist, an entrepreneur building a business or an employee aspiring to become a CEO of a corporation. When you plant a garden (Define your dream or purpose backed by a burning desire to achieve it), you prepare the soil (personal development), plant the seeds (action or applied knowledge), water, pull the weeds (control your attitude by reading and listening to positive, inspiring information and associate with like minded people) you KNOW that eventually there will be a harvest (faith). If you want to learn, understand and apply these principles you can read Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill or Three Feet From Gold (recently released) which is recommended in an earlier post on my Blog.