The bamboo plant is one of the fastest-growing plants on earth – but you would never know it for about five years. That’s the amount of time the plant remains underground, requiring daily watering and fertilizing without any visible sign of progress.
But that effort pays off! Once the plant sprouts through the ground, it can grow at an amazing 1.5 inches per hour – becoming over a yard tall in its first day.
I think of how many other systems function like the bamboo where the initial phase requires intensive attention with no apparent results. Growing a business is certainly like that, as is creating the infrastructure for system change, or even building a relationship where you are friends forever, until one day you’re more than that.
We give too much credit to what’s above the surface. Dedicate your energy to consistent nurturing of your project – whether you can see the results right away or not.
