In his iconic book The Science of Getting Rich, Wallace Wattles talks about a Universal law known loosely as the “more life philosophy” which states that no matter the circumstances, Life will always find a way to grow more of itself.
In short, Nature cannot be stopped.
Consider dandelions.
The bane of suburban lawns everywhere, dandelions manage to pop up every spring and throughout the summer with their sunny yellow faces despite the grandest efforts by homeowners across the nation determined to eradicate them from their lush green lawns for good.
In many parts of the world, however, dandelions are not perceived as a pestilence to be eradicated, but rather as a welcome resource for all manners of healing and spiritual practices. They aren’t interrupting an agenda, but instead, are enhancing one.
Because of its resilience, tenacity, and sheer will to carry on, the dandelion is arguably the most symbolic of any flower for Life. No matter how much weed killer is spread across lawns year after year, dandelions continue to find a way to survive.
They are the ultimate disrupters.
For many leaders, disruption has been the bane of their existence for the last several years, causing all manner of attempts to stop the natural order of things from doing what change is meant to do: take root, grow, blossom, bloom — and make way for the next generation of ideas, systems, solutions.
Companies that have recognized this truth — that you can’t kill off change — have prevailed.
We can all name at least one company that did not.
In business, as in life, how often do we get caught in the trap of expending time, energy, and resources to try and stop something from being what it is? From fighting against the natural evolution of things?
It’s an exercise in futility, and would be far better off spent working with what’s going to happen anyway.
