"You're not making progress"
Ever felt like you're not growing fast enough? or things are just not moving along as quickly as you wanted them to? This is for you.
When I was a teenager I always felt like I was making ZERO progress.
Am I growing fast enough?
What if I'm not reaching my potential?
Could I be wasting my prime years?
And the worst thought…
“I'll never be young again, my youth is slipping through my fingers and I'll never get it back!’😱
Even now nearly 8 years later...
I still find myself thinking these things from time to time.
It wasn't until I came across the story of the bamboo tree that I realized how foolish those thoughts were.
A gardener plants a 🎍bamboo tree and waters it diligently every day…
For the first year nothing happens.
The second year, nothing happens.
The third year, nothing happens.
At this point he's thinking "Why am I watering this useless tree? It's not doing anything!"
He feels... demotivated, stagnated, and wants to give up.
Similar to how I was feeling about my personal growth.
But he perseveres and continues watering it.
And then in the fourth year...
The bamboo tree grows 60 feet tall in 4 weeks!
The gardener couldn't believe his eyes.
All that time he was watering and waiting patiently, the tree was growing underground.
The tree was preparing to make a dramatic breakthrough... but it needed time.
It was spreading its roots, building its foundation, and getting ready to grow.
But we couldn't see it.
And that's how our personal growth is too.
We might not see growth or feel it day-to-day, but that doesn't mean we're not making progress.
That one course you take isn't going to immediately change your life.
But it might be the stepping stone that gets you to where you want to be.
That one newsletter you read isn't going to instantly make you smarter.
But it might be the key to generating new ideas that help you later on ;).
The funny thing about growth is it’s never instantaneous. No matter how much social media tries to make it seem.
So whether you’re trying to build an online audience…
start a new business…
or plan a trip abroad…
The only way to truly grow is to just keep “waterin”.
Till next week,
Brian “🎍” To
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