Low Hanging Fruit Could Poison Your Future
Low hanging fruit is not as good as the fruit at the top of the tree. True of false?
The answer is not what you think because obviously I’m not talking about real fruit. I’m talking about the fruit of your labor. In this case, the answer is true and let me explain why.
We all know what the metaphor of going after low hanging fruit means. It means eliminating the most difficult, risky opportunities and instead perusing the easiest opportunities. The problem with this is that the most difficult and risky opportunities are where the biggest wins live. At the top of the proverbial tree is where greatness is achieved. It’s where breakthroughs happen.
Going after low hanging fruit as a practice eliminates the possibility of getting a breakthrough. Going after low hanging fruit will guarantee an extraordinarily ordinary life. Going after low hanging fruit amounts to settling for less than the best.
With that said, their is a logical argument for the low hanging fruit approach. It’s that going after it is just a step in the process. However, how many times do you think people settle during this step?
Examples of When You Get Stuck with Low Hanging Fruit
- Taking a job for the sake of a check instead of figuring out how to get the job you really want
- Staying on a career path that pays well but makes you unhappy instead of finding out how to turn your passion into the career of your dreams
- Settling for a mediocre offer instead of negotiating for the offer you really need
- Staying in an unfulfilling relationship instead of facing the fear of going at it alone
- Only going on dates with people who ask you because of your fear of getting a no from the man or women of your dreams
It’s likely you know someone who is currently settling in one of the above situations who initially planned to keep working their way up to the fruit at the top of the tree. Take head and don’t fall victim. Sometimes it’s best not to waste a step in the process with the fruit that’s easiest to get as that fruit just might be the fruit that poisons your future.