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Loic Moncany
Loic Moncany

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Business lessons from growing my own tomatoes.

Business lessons from growing my own tomatoes.

This summer, I created my own vegetable garden and, to be honest, spending time taking care of it taught me a lot of lessons that are actually making my company grow a lot. And this is a true story. I'm not joking.

That's what it took to understand the meaning of consistency.
And no books or YouTube videos could put this in my head well enough.

Here are 10 lessons:

  1. If you care about vegetables & fruits and genuinely spend time and give love, they have a way better taste.

  2. You don't need to water every day. You need to water when needed and understand them. If you water too much, they die. If you know them well enough, you know.

  3. You need to cut the dead leaves/branches to help new ones grow, and you get more fruits/vegetables out of them.

  4. If you don't do anything, they die or find something else to stay alive. hashtag#instinct

  5. If all the conditions are not reunited, it doesn't work well.

(I grew zucchinis, but despite the fact I was giving water, the plant grew, but bees were not coming to pollinate the flower. So, zucchini starts to grow, then dies.)

  1. Kill the parasites as soon as they arrive. Don't wait.

  2. Give them adequate space. They take the space that you give them. If you give too much, they take everything.

  3. When they are ready, take them. Don't let the beautiful fruits/vegetables hang there and get old and ready to go to trash or be eaten by something else.

  4. Take time to think about nothing. You don't need to overthink to give attention to them.
    Stop thinking about yourself, your problems, you, you, you.

  5. Enjoy the fruits of your work.

PS: I think I almost broke the record for the biggest cherry tomato plant ever.
PS 2: Change this with any clients / business / human relationship, and you will have figured it out.

There's no secret.
Everything is in front of us,
blocked by mental blockades.

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