Your Garden Has Weeds

It is WayMaker Wednesday. Time to stop planting and start pruning.

The Question

What are you watering right now that you already know needs to be pulled?

The Thought

Everyone talks about planting. New goals. New habits. New routines. We are addicted to planting because it feels like progress.

But the garden that is actually producing fruit is the one that has been ruthlessly pruned.

I coached a leader who could not figure out why his team was underperforming. Systems were solid. Vision was clear. The problem was one person. Everyone knew it. He knew it. But he kept saying "they have potential." Two years of potential. Two years of the entire garden suffering because one weed was being treated like a rose.

When he finally made the move, his team transformed in thirty days. Not because he added anything. Because he subtracted.

Half of growth is subtraction. The relationship that drains you. The commitment you said yes to eighteen months ago that no longer aligns. The belief about yourself you picked up in your twenties. Familiar is not the same as fruitful.

Put It Into Action

Do a garden audit this week. Walk through every major area with pruning shears, not a watering can.

• Ask: "If I planted this today, would I?" If no, it is a weed. It does not matter when you planted it.

- Name one relationship, commitment, or belief you are watering out of obligation rather than growth.

- Cut one thing this week. Just one. Watch what grows in the space it leaves behind.

• The word "decide" comes from the Latin "decidere" — to cut off. If you have not cut anything, you have not decided anything.

Someone you know is exhausted from watering everything and watching nothing thrive. Send them this.

Forge Forward,

Jon Mayo