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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 chew and swallow 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 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 breathe 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 roots before it sprouts. Now if you planted cabbage seeds when you really wanted apples then you will experience a very different result. If you have lots of cabbages for friends then have a look at the core beliefs you planted. These form the roots of your behaviours. Your behaviours create your life results. Your results are like the fruits of your beliefs. If you have a major problem with 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. Try this. Say the word, STOP, 10 times with feeling. Now say the word, GO, 10 times with feeling. Note the physical differences. One has an inhibiting vibration. The other is more empowering. Similarly, our root beliefs can inhibit or empower us.



#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 Ego Energy Drains. Find all the weeds in your life and business. Simply make a list of the 10 most terrible ones. On a separate paper, write the complete opposite of each negative. Find the positive equivalent. Turn each weed into a flower. Now tear up your negative list and ceremonially burn it. Like burning old weeds in the garden. Use this process to cleanse your mind and transform your thinking.



#4 Money Is Just A Fruit Full of Energy.

Money is just another form of energy. It is like a ripe fruit. Nice to pick and feel but the joy comes in the eating. 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 bring you. Imagine you have sufficient money to feed yourself and 1000 other hungry mouths. 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 Forest.

What value does your business provide to the market? Who is your market? Think like a tree in a forest. How does it attract birds, bees and other animals? Does it use nuts to attract larger animals or shiny red berries for the birds? Does it have bright flowers with a beautiful fragrance to attract insects? The marketing lessons of tree are about sending out good vibrations that attract your preferred customers. What subconscious messages are you sending out about your business? Your customer’s subconscious antennae are picking up signals all the time. The forest is like your market. Your business is like a tree. What makes you stand out from all the other trees?



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.



Hirini Reedy

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