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2009-12-05 10:10:09
Similar to how pruning a tree allows the tree to focus on its strength areas to become even more productive, we must prune things from our lives that take our focus away from our strength zone.
Did you know that a fruit tree needs to be pruned if it is going to grow properly and reach its maximum fruit production? The tree needs to have its least productive branches pruned so that it can focus on its strongest and most productive fruit bearing branches. If it is not properly pruned, it will focus much of its energy on branches that are low production branches to the detriment of the high production branches. By careful and focused pruning, a fruit tree can be made to focus productively and maximize its potential.
The parallels to human life are stunning! Think of all the things we do each day that are not productive. Think of the energy we waste doing things that we are not good at and things that drive us crazy because we hate doing them. This robs us of energy and causes us to focus even less time, resources and energy on the things that we do best. We need to prune these unproductive, energy sapping, time wasting activities out of our lives. We can do this in a few ways;
1. Minimize things that are simply not productive (i.e., watching TV, mindlessly surfing the Internet, spending too much time on email and social networking sites, taking personal call at work and work calls at home, etc.)
2. Stop doing things that we are simply not good at and can be done by someone else better, more efficiently and cheaper
3. Find someone to help us in the areas that we are weak
4. Find a coach to help us determine what we do well and coach us to get even better in these areas
If we can prune areas 1 and 2 out of our lives then we can spend more time on 4, doing what we do best. Just like the fruit tree that is pruned to maximize its potential by focusing on its high production branches, we can prune our lives and begin to focus on our Strength Zone to maximize our potential.
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