Growth

The word “growth” is an important one in life. People need that sooner, that too today’s young entrepreneurs. When I was having my counseling session, one young entrepreneur came to me and worried a lot about his growth- in personal and official life. He said “G, I am in this field for more than a year but I am getting the results as I got in the beginning of my business, I don’t know why? I don’t know what to do? People complain me that I am not proper and I am not updating in my business. But to me, I have learnt something about marketing, I plan to myself, I schedule my work and I work. I sleep only 4 hours in a day. Even in sleep I dream about how to market my business, See how dedicated I am. The results are not coming. Where is the mistake? Please say me”

Dear Prashanth, “Nothing wrong you have done so far”. I replied. “but there is a gap unconsciously. Don’t take it serious, just sit back and listen carefully. You are in pressure that you want to grow sooner in life”. “Yes G, obviously we don’t have time to sit back I am always get set and go” He said.

Check your words, you said “get set” first and later go. Have you ever thought whether you have set yourself to the game? You have game plan but it is in your mind it is not in your daily planner. Am I right? He replied “Yes G, I never write down things since I don’t have time.” “

Time is an illusionary one; you worry a lot about tomorrow which never ever comes in life. Think of it. Live the moment. First I suggest you to stop the worry about tomorrow and sooner growth. Have a game plan in paper, don’t think about its result but analyze and work upon. Before all you need to do is analyze yourself first, study yourself, check your skills, read more books which will give you more confidence. Don’t be in pressure, as you know that pressure is pressing your sure.

Secondly you wish to grow as a tree tomorrow itself. It will never happen, it is artificial. Think you and I came to this world after nine months only, now we are here it has taken around 25 years to come. See my dear friend; the growth of Chinese bamboo would be a better example here. If one seeds it and waters it daily, it never comes even one inch out of land but after five years within six weeks it grows to 90 feet. The person, who seeded it and watered it, will wonder “wow, within six weeks it has grown.” The past five years it has spread its roots strongly all around and made itself strong enough, whatever height it reaches it will never ever fall, so strong. Likewise we are bamboos only, we need to analyze ourselves and we should water it daily with confidence/positive thinking/ observing and learning a lot in our own field. We should have patience to grow, we can’t grow tomorrow we need to work for our growth. We need to gain knowledge and then implement it in our work. Daily we should allot some time to review ourselves, our work then we can come out of our problems easily. The growth will come automatically you need not push it but you should take care of it. Unconsciously growth will happen, one day you will wonder that Am I the person? It is how we experience our physical growth, from the childhood to now. We need to water and protect the bamboo (ourselves). Every day try to gain knowledge, if that comes, we will plan well and implement it greatly, and the result will be awesome.

Even our nails grow 0.005 cms a day, but we?

Bamboos are high cultural significance in East Asia and South East Asia where they are used extensively in gardens, as a building material, as a food source and as a musical instrument. Bamboo's long life makes it a Chinese symbol of longevity, while in India it is a symbol of friendship.

Chinese Bamboo

The quality of Chinese bamboo is an amazing one. From its origin to the end of fifth year, the bamboo can’t be seen growing. But later within six days, the growth can be experienced. It has spread its root all over for the past five years and due to those roots within six days it emerges itself out.

“The taller the bamboo grows, the lower it bends.” - Chinese Proverbs

“Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.”- Bruce Lee