The story of a Bamboo Tree teaches us lessons about patience, faith, perseverance, growth and development and importantly… human potential!

Like any plant, to flourish the Bamboo Tree requires nurturing – water, fertile soil, sunshine. In the first year till the forth year, there are no visible signs of activity or development. Patience is tested and we begin to wonder if our efforts will ever be rewarded.

Finally in the fifth year, there is growth of 80 feet (nearly 30m) in just six weeks!

The question is: Does the Bamboo Tree really grow 80 feet in six weeks? Did it lie dormant for four years only to grow exponentially in the fifth? Or, was the little tree growing underground, developing a root system and a stable base strong enough to support its potential for outward growth in the fifth year and beyond?

If the tree had not developed a strong unseen foundation, it could not have sustained its life as it grew.

Just as a company needs to have a strong foundation to survive. The same principle is applies for people who wants to success In their career. People, toil towards their dreams and goals, building strong character while overcoming adversity and challenge, grow strong internal foundation to handle success, while those who chase the “quick buck” are unable to sustain unearned sudden wealth. Remember the old saying: “Out of adversity comes opportunity.”

Had the farmer dug up his little seed every year to see if it was growing, he would have stunted the Bamboo tree’s growth as surely as a fledgling bird is doomed if it is freed from its struggle of breaking through the shell prematurely. The Bamboo Tree is a perfect motivation to our own experience with personal growth and change. And change is never easy. Often, signs of progress are slow, frustrating and unrewarding at times.

But it is so worth it….especially if we have patient, persistent & perseverance .