A Blooming Business - Some Secrets Never Go Out of Season

Good morning Debe. You nailed it. People like doing business with people they know. Plant those seeds! Excellent. Water those seeds! Excellent. Nuture those seeds and plant more! Essential.

Your message is so important that I think Carol Williams should include this post in her Second Chance Saturday post. 

Enjoy your day.

alive — thriving, changing with the seasons but, deeply rooted in the right soil. So exciting your approach to harvesting Debe Maxwell, CRS 

Thank you very much, Debe, for sharing your experience and advice.

Best wishes for continued success.

Good morning, Debe.
Being from an area heavily dependent on agriculture, I always appreciate a horticultural analogy to growing and operating a business. We can't reap without sowing.

The thing with gardening is you are never really finished, you can always tweek a little with a new plant or some pruning to improve the shrubs that are already growing. So, I love this analogy, thank you for your entry to the challenge this month.

Hello Debe - maintaining a garden can be seen as akin to cultivating relationships in everyday life.  Or producing a real estate practice too.  Some approaches may seem to be haphazard at best while others are examples that are admired.  Up close and from afar. Such observations remain interesting.  

The older I get, the more important I find it to keep the "weedy" people out of my gardens.  I love interacting with the positive perennial types such as yourself :)

Hello Debe and a great list to share with us, I been in 8 classes in April and the Realtor has lots on your list.

Debe good comparison.  Planting and growing a garden, has a lot in common to starting and growing a business.  Both need to be nurtured and cared for every day.

Debe:

This is a wonderful and creative entry for the April Challenge. The garden and blooming is such a powerful analogy. 

Jeff

Life can be about a study practice of growing toward the light whenever possible. Love and light. :

I ADORE this post. You know how I love analogies to our business and nature. You hit the nail on the head.

Thank you for sharing such a heartfelt and inspiring perspective, Debe Maxwell, CRS. I really appreciate how you’ve captured the timeless secrets to a thriving business—simple, genuine, and powerful. Grateful for your wisdom and the beautiful reminder to nurture what truly matters. 🌸🙏

Love it Debe!  This is SO YOU to a T!  You have the keys to true success in your heart and your mind!  And it shows!!  Awesome entry for this contest!

So glad I saw your post today!  I have been absent so catching up.  Your sunny disposition and this post are equal parts sunshine, seeds and blooming plants 😀 Love how you focus on what it takes to make your business bloom.  Good for you!  

Debe- very well done!!!  Plants and people need nurturing, which includes a healthy dose of sunshine! If you stick with the basics...such as the ones you mentioned above...you and y our business will thrive. 

I love what you see as a blooming business, and that is exactly how it should be!!!

Debe,

I love this happy entry for the April challenge and the analogy with gardens and planting! 

Debe Maxwell, CRS  your post is a parallel to a farmer's almanac on how to make a garden thrive and produce for a long time.

Debe, your "Blooming Business" analogy is so vivid and true! The idea that consistent small actions, like planting seeds of relationships and watering them with expertise, are what truly make a business thrive resonates deeply. Your secrets – planting daily, staying positive, continuous learning, and blooming where you're planted – are timeless and universally applicable. It's a beautiful reminder that the core of success is often found in these fundamental practices.