The Law of the Seed

By K. N. RAJAN

Take a look at an apple tree. There might be five hundred apples on the tree, each with ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds!

We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more trees?"

Nature has something to teach us here. It's telling us: "Most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you better try more than once."

This might mean:

·         You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.

·         You'll interview forty people to find one good employee.

·         You'll talk to fifty people to sell one house, car, vacuum cleaner, idea...

·         And you might meet a hundred acquaintances to find one special friend.

·         When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed.

·         We stop feeling like victims. Laws of nature are not things to take personally.