Comments on: A Practical Guide to Success: “You Get What You Plant”

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Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:42:02 +0000

[...] one is super cool! A Practical Guide to Success: “You Get What You Plant” This article explains the path to success using the simple concept of planting “corn” seeds. We [...]

By: David @ A Happy Pocket Full of Money

David @ A Happy Pocket Full of Money — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:26:41 +0000

Mate, I take my hat off to you for this one. This is one of the coolest blog posts I have seen. A perfect metaphor. I hope you don’t mind if I quote the intro of it on my blog and link to you so my readers can benefit from it?

By: Jonathan Figaro

Jonathan Figaro — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:49:03 +0000

This post is related to the law of sowing a reaping. Its states that we reap only in direct proportion to what we have sow. And what we are reaping today is in direct proportion to what we have sown to this very moment. Yet, people search for instant gratification which leaves many wandering throughout there lifetime without a serene of proper direction.

You hit the nail on the head with this one Alex!

By: Credit Man

Credit Man — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:10:52 +0000

I like the corn analogy.

To Daniel, I think you’re referring to the book “Think And Grow Rich”.

By: Daniel Richard

Daniel Richard — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:13:01 +0000

Woops. Saw this post 2 weeks after it got posted up!

Ah.. I was experimenting on something similar for the past 2 weeks which can relate to this post concept on planting seeds. What I did was to help 2 friends in their respective businesses in areas which can complement their strengths. Not only it resulted in increase (more like skyrocket) of profits for them, my own value rose within the same period of time.

A principle learned somewhere (was it from Rockafella?) where the author wrote that he became a millionaire by helping others become millionaires too! Same principle applies in smaller and achievable goals.

By: Diggy - Upgradereality.com

Diggy - Upgradereality.com — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:10:00 +0000

Hey Mr Selfdevelopment

Awesome post!
This is so true, I had this maths teacher in the last grade in highschool, and he was very much into self development, and he was always talking about planting and growing seeds. Every thought is a seed, and by repeating the thought, you are watering the seed. Thus, negative seeds turn into negative plants, metaphorically, so negative thoughts turn into a negative way of living!

Cheers!
Diggy

By: courses for self development

courses for self development — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 04:36:46 +0000

Everyone is up for self development. Many people are taking self development courses. Love the insights you have pointed out. It is true that what you sow you will reap. It’s important that whatever you will plant in the soil, make sure that you will put fertilizer. This fertilizer would be things like failure and mistakes. We can learn so much from it. We can always use things to pull us up and not down.

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Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:31:02 +0000

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By: Mr. Self Development

Mr. Self Development — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:58:41 +0000

Jeffrey….I may do a follow-up article to this one…discussing the weeds that choke the harvest…thanks for the idea…

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:48:02 +0000

This is definitely encouraging. I tend to forget that success does not come overnight. I also like the part about what you get being in proportion to what you plant, because it reminds me to work harder so I can celebrate a larger harvest.

I would love to see a follow-up post about how to deal with the weeds and bugs that tend to affect what we’ve planted. Basically, problems and pitfalls for planting and yielding a harvest.

By: Alex Shalman

Alex Shalman — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 11:17:23 +0000

I love love this article. Talking about the seeds reminds me of Jim Rohn and always puts things back into perspective for me. JR says that there are just so many fundamentals – you can’t have more fundamentals – and you’ve definitely got fundamentals here!

By: Mr. Self Development

Mr. Self Development — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 01:36:13 +0000

Anna Thanks for the comment….

By: AnnaK

AnnaK — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:17:28 +0000

i could really go for a nice corn on the cob right about now…. but aside from that i loved the advice and the touch of humor on the side

By: Mr. Self Development

Mr. Self Development — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:10:30 +0000

“Happy Planting” Steve….

Valerie….that’s a good point….you must always monitor your crop for weeds, etc. that will choke your harvest…you can do this by guarding what you hear, see, and think about….

Richard you’re right….you always get what you ask for, even if you’re asking for it on a subconscious level….

Tammy, thanks for taking time to comment….

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:24:54 +0000

Mr. Self Development, thanks for the great insight and analogy. It puts thinking into such an easy visualization. I’m glad I planted some good seeds in my brain today! Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have to get back to my planting.

By: Valerie M

Valerie M — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:26:24 +0000

Nice analogy. We always hear that you reap what you sow, but you’ve really put it down in laymen terms. I also love the point you make about instant gratification. I’d like to point out that as well as planting you’ve got to be sure to guard your crops from locusts and other pests (vampires, trolls, etc) ESPECIALLY if you’re planting the good stuff.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:02:12 +0000

I love this article….so simple and yet so profound…!

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:51:45 +0000

This is great. So obvious when it comes to farming, yet often hard to swallow when it comes to personal development. You will get what you ask for… no matter how good or bad it is.