Fred Harteis believes that we all need to be stretched to grow.  Our businesses create an environment that causes personal growth.  The system we are involved in, Team, provides us with the tools to benefit every area of our lives.
"If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never
get anything done. Keep on sowing your seed, for you
never know which will grow--perhaps it all will"
(Ecclesiastes 11:4, 6, TLB).

I recently read about a woman who planted some 50,000
daffodil bulbs in her back yard--one at a time--over
period of nearly fifty years!

"Year after year, she kept planting bulbs until she
had created five acres of ineffable magnificence,
beauty and inspiration. After seeing the spectacular
garden one woman remarked, ‘It makes me sad in a
way. What might I have accomplished if I had thought
of a wonderful goal 35 or 40 years ago and had worked
on it one bulb at a time through all those years? Just
think what I might have been able to achieve!’ Her
daughter responded, ‘Start tomorrow.’ The mother said,
‘I’ll start today.’"1

It’s amazing what can be accomplished by doing just a
little every day, day after day. You’ve probably heard
the old saying that says, "Inch by inch anything’s a
cinch--but yard by yard it’s miles to hard."

When I first wanted to write a book, it seemed like an
overwhelming task. However, a friend suggested I
considered writing just one page at a time. "I can
handle that," I said to myself … and that’s what I did
200 times.

Not many people are going to plant 5 acres of
daffodils and not everybody is going to write a book.
However, the important thing is to invest your life in
a worthwhile cause that will achieve at least three
things: (1) it will have eternal value, (2) it will
benefit others, and (3) it will give you a deep sense
of satisfaction in that you will not have lived in
vain but have achieved something worthwhile with your
life. It doesn’t have to be profound or earth
shattering--just significant. And that you can start
today … one "bulb," one "page," one kind word of
encouragement, one act of kindness … every day for the
rest of your life.  Dick Innes