Most are stopped by the start. Identify your bamboo and start watering.-- Bamboo Farmer Wisdom: 101 Inspirational Thoughts by Greg Bell.
This is a little gift-book companion to Bell's excellent Water The Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals, which I reviewed here.
Bell uses the metaphor of bamboo farming as a formula for success. The basic idea is that discipline and steadfastness towards a goal will achieve enormous results over time.
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