From the course: 20 Habits of Executive Leadership
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Draw strength
- I have an orange tree in my front drive. Now, given the appropriate temperature, sunlight and water that tree provides our family with baskets full of citrus delight each winter. My kids love to collect and juice them. There's nothing quite like a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice. That little tree draws its strength from several taproots or anchor roots and a web of shallower roots reaching out from the trunk. These roots pull up water and nutrients into the tree, promoting health. All this strength supports the tree in growing fruit. Now executive fruit or success requires habits that draw strength like the roots of my orange tree. You'll need to develop habits, rhythms of life, that grow a few deep taproots and spread many shallower ones. So what does this look like in real life? First, identify the best soil for you. For instance, I draw strength from my faith. It grounds me like an anchor root…
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