Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Planting bad seeds causes financial loss and wastes time and effort that could have been used for progress.
- In plain terms
- Bad choices cost money and waste valuable time.
- What can you take from it?
- Avoid bad beginnings to save resources and time.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What bad seeds might you be planting?
- How do you measure lost time?
Another view
Sometimes bad outcomes occur despite good intentions.
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