Seeds of Greatness

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

“From self-love to self-worth

This seed means that we should always appreciate ourselves. We have a bigger value than we think and no one can tell us we don't. We should always love ourselves no matter how many flaws we have. having self-esteem is good because it gives us the confidence to be ourselves without minding what others say about us. we will achieve greatness if we have slef esteem.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”
 – Buddha

2. The Seed of Creativity“Releasing your creative energy"
This seed means that no matter what goes through your head. If it's something positive that can change the world act on it. Being creative helps you open up more doors. It'll help you meet more people that can help you. Creativity helps you develop more skills that you can use in the future. 
A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. Ayn 
Rand

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

This block means that we should take responsibility on the things we do. Whether it's good or bad. If we do something bad, we will take responsibility for it because, it shows that we we're wrong for what happened. It'll also give us a chance to grow and reflect on the decisions we make. If we do something good we should also take responsibility for it. Because opportunities might open for us and we can have a better chance at completing our goals. Also assignments that we get are also our responsibility to complete.  

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence. Denis Waitley

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

This seed means that when being successful you have a lot of wisdom. Being able to share that knowledge with everyone else is a sign that you have been through the obstacles that made you who you are. Being able to know how to handle a situation and being wise about can also show how much wisdom you have. It does not matter where you are or what you do, everyone has some sort of wisdom to share with others.

To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him. Buddha

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

This seed means that having a purpose means that you have a reason to strive towards your goal. Having a purpose gives you a reason to change the world and yourself as a person. It gives meaning to the thigs you love to do. 

When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way. Wayne Dyer

6. The Seed of Communication

       “Reach out and touch someone

This seed means that communication is important for everyone. Meeting new people is really important because they will be able to help you in the future and even more. Also you will be able to help them if they need help. They can rely on you and you can rely on them when is necessary. They can be someone who can change your views on something. 
 The art of communication is the language of leadership. James Humes

7. The Seed of Faith“The power of positive believing”

This seed means that everyday that we live, we need to have faith. Faith is believing that everything will go right for you. Such has having faith that you will past that math test. Believing that you will pass all your classes. Believing that you will graduate. If you incorporate these positive things in your life then everything will be alright for you. Being positive goes a long way especially in life.

Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it. Bruce Lee

8. The Seed of Adaptability

“Turning problems into opportunities”

This seed means that in order to be successful, you'll need to adapt to any kind of environment. This means that you will need to make new friends, talk to more people at social gatherings. Making sure that whatever problems you have, that they turn into a an opportunity to learn

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If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door. Milton

9. The Seed of Perseverance“The will to win is everything”

This seed means that no matter how hard the situation gets I will always continue to work hard to accomplish a goal. To do everything in my power to win at life. 

Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other. Walter Elliot

. The Seed of Perspective

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

This seed means that every success has to do with perspective. By that it means to look at things in different ways to come up with a better outcome. If you have a negative perspective negative things will happen if you have a good perspective, good things will happen. It's all about having a good perspective of life.It is also good to take other people's perspective into consideration.

I like to turn things upside down, to watch pictures and situations from another perspective. Ursus Wehrli

Reflection:

Throughout this development assignment I learned 10 different seeds that could help me be a better person. The seeds are self-esteem, creativity, responsibility, wisdom, purpose, communication, faith, adaptability and perspective