Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

Good morning. This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast.

Today's tip is to plant seeds to enjoy the harvest.

Spend some time on speculative work that you aren't sure will lead to anything.

If you plant enough seeds, something will grow.

Enjoying a harvest requires patience and time,

but couple those with hard work and it's amazing what you can reap.

Later this week my American listeners will be celebrating Thanksgiving.

Many of us are far removed from our agrarian roots,

but originally this holiday was about gratitude for the harvest.

Seeds zone many months ago, sprout over the spring and summer.

Then they produce their bounty come fall.

It is something of an annual miracle,

but it also depends on a prescribed order of things.

If you want to enjoy a harvest come fall,

you need to plant those seeds.

Life is like that too.

Often small investments made years ago

suddenly produce copious results.

And so one key part of success

is making sure that you are always planting seeds.

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