A to Z Analogy: Wheat
In my A to Z Analogy, I will take places, things and people and relate them to developing our online business. This is just for fun, but perhaps, you'll be able to see something from a different perspective.
Today's Analogy: W for Wheat
Initially, I was going to go with "water" because I love it so, but I decided to give myself a bit of a challenge and talk about something I only think about when I'm in the grocery store, so please bear with me...
To Thresh or Not to Thresh
The process of separating the chaff - which is the dry, outer protective casings of seeds - from the actual grain is called threshing. Unlike grain, chaff can only be eaten by livestock - not humans - in the form of fodder, or is used as a fertilizer for the soil.
That's it... that's my best New York City agricultural description of wheat, chaff, and fodder I can give. If you want something more detailed, feel free to check out Wikipedia, no offense taken...
So... wheat and Wealthy Affiliate... the connection is obvious, right?
No? OK, I'll explain
Chaff: We now know that the chaff is the inedible part of the grain. So, as I thought of this, I wondered what are the "inedible" parts of Wealthy Affiliate? Or rather, what are the activities that I engage in that are "inedible" or not easily "digestible". Can you relate to an of these:
- You've been online for several hours, but have only done 1 hour worth of work. This happens because...
- You don't have a schedule. Because you don't have a schedule it's easy to spend countless time appearing busy but not really getting anything accomplished.
- You started to write a post, got stuck, but refuse to do additional research to give it "life"because it's time-consuming.
- Training? You LOVE reading any training and watching all the videos repeatedly... but you never seem to take the time to put them into practice. But the training are awesome!
- You don't hesitate from leaving comments, but you have yet to reach out to seek individualized help.
Sadly, I can add a lot more to the list, because I have done all of these and then some! Waste... inedible... useless... whatever word you want to use that describe the above activities and those like them, they all lead to the same word: barren.
Granted, from an agricultural standpoint, chaff does have some use. But in terms of our business, the grain is what we want. The grain is what can be planted, bring forth life, and provide nourishment to others. If we don't take the time to examine our "harvest" we may be left with a business that ceases to grow and bring forth crops in abundance.
Whether you like white bread or whole grain, make sure the "crops" you plant are healthy.
And always...
Strive to Thrive,
Veronica
Recent Comments
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Delighted to read your thoughts and analogy here V, as the gist in what you refer to, is the very stymie that I currently face: To thresh chaff from grain,to efficiently reap my harvest.
I have researched the use of a bullet journal and it s benefit, looked at my own process and analyzed the "why" of my conviction but in the end we are left to wander the same path without the "putting these to practice."
So I've learned, no matter the vision, do one thing today, and then again tomorrow,that demonstrates accountable progress...and to this,above all, be true.
After recognizing the wonderful idea you have chosen to develop your posts, I will come back to read more.
Thank you for being you...in kindness and sharing.
David
I started this analogy back in January, simply to get my creative juices flowing again. But when I read comments such as yours, I can see that it has become more than I had anticipated... so much more.
Thank you, for your heartfelt, comment, David.
Veronica, you do love to get to the meat of the matter don't you? Unfortunately, the chaff that we see are from those who go by the wayside for whatever the reason. We can encourage, admonish, be available for help or just a shoulder to lean on but the truth is the responsibility for someone's growth belongs the that individual. I am one of the lazy ones and I admit it. The only person who can help me to succeed is myself. That is the same with others who say they cannot succeed. You have to want it . I loved your post. You are absolutely WONDERFUL with your assessment of wheat.
Jerry
This is one of those very personal posts, Jerry, because I have often been like the chaff.
One of the things that I so appreciate about being on this platform is the encouragement we receive. I'm not just referring to people encouraging you on a one-on-one basis, I'm also referring to the encouragement and inspiration we receive from reading other people's success or even just reading about their journey. For me, that would be my "threshing" which allows the quality "grain" to be exposed.
I so appreciate your continued encouragement, Jerry. Thank you.
You will always have it. You are a very special person who sees beyond the boundaries that other people don't. Wishing you well
Jerry
Glad you got something from this, Jay. This was actually one of teh more difficult analogies, simply because I don't know anything about wheat and even less about threshing wheat!
Where would we be without Wikipedia, lol.
Haha. Looks like YOU learned something about wheat today too. I thought maybe you knew this from before.
Not a clue, Jay! I had the tedious task of going back and forth to Wikipedia, and trying to make sense of what I read using my own words to avoid that dreaded message "Your content is not unique."
To my surprise, I was able to publish on the first try!
You are almost done looking forward to seeing what you will be doing next!!
Tried and True
Elaine
If I had known that writing this analogy would take me 5 months, ElaineI might have opted not to do it! But, it has been fun!
This just formed organically, so if insanity takes over and has me doing another series, it will have to be something that happens naturally.
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Another great analogy Veronica. The Chaff may not be edible or produce good business results but it can be addictive...just getting sidetracked on the internet looses hours of time. That's where WA really is helpful...keeps us on track.
Debbie
I've definitely become a WA Junkie!!!
But whenever I feel like I'm losing my ground, all I have to do is read about other people's progress, and it always lights some fire under my feet!