10 Seeds of Greatness

Denis Waitley 

1. The Seed of Self-Esteem (Appreciate the value of yourself)

“From self-love to self-worth"

Self- esteem is the belief that you can be successful in your efforts and you are worthy of success. Self- Esteem is important to have because it effects the things you do in life. For example, it effects your performance and it effects how others see you and how you see yourself.  It has to do alot with having or being confident with yourself. Having trust in yourself and knowing and that you do it will effect your mentally in a positive way and yourself and other will see it. Someone with low self esteem lacks in confidence.

2.The Seed of Creativity 
"Releasing your creative energy"

Having creativity is the use of  imagination or original ideas. It is important to have it make life more fun and lets you express any type of idea you want to bring out. Another reason why it is important characteristics to have is because without it we wouldn't be able know anything. For example without creativity we would have people like Galileo, Mozart, Einstein. They are all went against the odds to create something that they all use today.

3.The Seed of Responsibility
"Whatever we sow, we reap."

A responsible person is someone who can be trusted without any second thought.  The reason for this would be because they hold accountable for their own behavior. Without responsibility there wouldn't be any changes or improvement in your life. Responsibility is a huge factor that help us mature into a good person, it something that we can learn from. Someone who doesn't have responsibilities or is a responsible will never grow up or mature.

4.The Seed of Wisdom
"A large vocabulary--which implies broad, general knowledge--characterizes the more successful persons, regardless of their occupations."

Wisdom it is sort of a guide to life. It allows you see the truth and not be blinded by others. wisdom people learn from their mistakes and as well as from others mistakes. It is good to have wisdom because you can teach other your wisdom for they wont make the same mistake you did.  Its not important to have knowledge because not everyone get an opportunity to get an education. Something you should seek is wisdom from knowledge you have gained.

5.The Seed of Purpose
“The gold mine in your goals”

Purpose is the reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists. It defines the overall goal of a person.It inspires a person to make a positive contribution to your goal. Without no purpose means no greatness, absolutely nothing. To have purpose is to have structure, routine, goals to function correctly. Purpose can help people by using your gift or talents by giving a purpose to help others. Efforts and courage is not enough without purpose and direction.

7.The Seed of Faith

“The power of positive believing”

Faith is to have complete trust or confidence in someone or something. Every thing requires having faith. You have faith in hope that things will work out. We depend on faith on big or small things. For example, they have faith in friends that they wont lets us down. We hold on to beliefs despite of the lack of evidence. Faith keeps some people opened mined about life and looks for the positive parts of life instead of  the negative. Faith gives you a sense of hope and makes you want to continue with life and enjoy it more.

9. The Seed of Perseverance

“The will to win is everything”

The meaning of perseverance means to strive through something despite difficultly in achieving success. It can also means that strengthening to resolve. In order to be perseverance, you have to be focused and clear about what you want to do and how you want to do it. You have to be patience and have confidence to in order to achieve your goals. With these two traits nothing will ever stop you from reaching them.

10.The Seed of Perspective

“Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.”

Perspective is a particular attitude towards or a way of regarding something. In other words, perspective is the way we see things when we look at them from a distance. It allows to appreciate it true value. Everyone has a perspective. Some may see the glass half way full. Others may see the glass half way empty. Almost everything we hear is an opinion not a fact. Almost everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. 

Final Reflection:

 Write an overall final reflection in your Ten Seeds of Greatness post.  Include your deepest thoughts and feelings. Write what you commit to do to apply the ten seeds of greatness. 

For a little over a month, we been learning the ten seeds of greatness by Denis Whitley. This has taught me a lot about  apply these seeds into my life. One way is using them on a daily basis and on difficult situations. Other way is reminding myself when and how to use them. Applying these seed in my life will make is more happier and successful.