I had trekked for miles, up and down ravines, in and out of the woods and through fields all over the farm in northern Michigan. After nearly 10 miles of hiking and looking high and low, finally, there they were! A bumper crop of 25+ big fat yellow Morel mushrooms. They were nestled behind two dead ash trees, next to some old apple trees. Until that moment, all I had found was a lone Morel mushroom here or there until I cracked the code and found my pattern.
Until finding that grouping of Morels, I was hunting somewhat blind. As soon as I found the right conditions with ash and apples, I changed my strategy and began hunting trees and those precise conditions. I went from searching randomly to targeting a specific pattern. And it worked.
In every area of life, finding the pattern is essential. When you detect a true pattern, you are on to something big, something repeatable, something scalable. By identifying personal patterns, good or bad, we will constantly improve internally and externally as patterns don’t lie. People, animals, nature…we are what we do. When we can identify the patterns, we begin to change, learn and get on a path to success.
Look for the patterns in your life. Look for the patterns in your career. By identifying those patterns, you will be on your way to more of the trophies you are after in life, whether they are Morels, winning deals, big relationships or self-improvement. After all, the secret to life is all in the patterns.
