Seth Godin.
That man has a gift for producing nuggets of wisdom. Little snippets, little treasures of thoughtful brilliance that may equally apply to your personal life as they would to your career.
Today, his wisdom nugget was a metaphor plucked from nature. Here it is in its entirety:
It’s a lesson on abundance of which I need constant reminding:
The more unreservedly I give, the more abundantly I receive.
Thank you, Seth Godin. Message received. Seed planted. Abundance tree growing.
Soon after reading Seth’s nugget, I wrote … a bit reservedly… a rather vulnerable post. It was one of those that make me hesitate to hit the publish button.
In my hesitation, I heard the online voice of James Altucher who writes all the time that his most well-read blog posts –the ones that most touch a nerve — are the ones he almost didn’t publish.
So, feeling vulnerable, I hit publish anyway.
I published the vulnerable post because somewhere deep down beneath the fear and apprehension was a belief that some good would come from hitting the publish button; some good would come from sharing of myself; someone’s head somewhere would nod along with me; someone’s heart somewhere would swell with compassion or fellowship.
Hitting the publish button was me planting the seed.
A half hour later I saw a comment come in from Miss Corinne at A Green (ish) Life responding to my vulnerable post (positively) and telling me, by the way, she nominated me for a Liebster Award. I’m not sure what I was more excited about — that she liked my vulnerable post or that she nominated me for an award I never heard of before.
Either way, I felt all warm and fuzzy inside.
Abundance sprouting.
The very essence of the Liebster Award, it turns out, is unreserved giving. The trophy? Paying it forward.
Thank you, Seth Godin. Thank you, Miss Corinne. Thank you, James Altucher.
Stay tuned for my Liebster acceptance speech and nominations … and watch my abundance tree grow.
