The Tree of Wisdom

Drinking my pre-workout drink and staring at a tree outside my balcony window and started thinking, "ya know, a tree is a living thing, but it doesn't move, it doesn't talk, it doesn't even have eyes to enjoy its surroundings. Imagine if you were a tree, what would even be the point of life?" So I thought what a typical tree does in its lifetime...well, it grows and endures harsh weather until it matures, then it provides a home for bugs & birds, it produces oxygen for us to breathe, provides shade & aesthetic beauty, produces fruit, and eventually someday will get chopped down to produce wood. And I looked at all those reasons for a tree's existence, and I noticed two words: produce & provide. And I had a little "Aha" moment...

Nature's meaning for any individual existence is to mature and endure long enough to produce and provide for other individuals. That's also what makes a successful business if you think about it; the best and most successful businesses produce and provide for millions of people, so the fundamental natural law of business mirrors that of nature itself. Interesting...

So there's really only two questions you need to ask yourself: 1) what am I producing and providing that is needed, and 2) what do I want to produce and provide that is needed?

When the answer to those two questions are the same, the rewards are massive success and natural fulfillment.