In Israel there are two bodies of water that are filled from the same river. The Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea both receive their water from the Jordan River.

The Sea of Galilee has always been known to be great for fishing, to the point of having men for years make their living fishing there. It also is lush with vegetation and flocks of birds and animals. It is a true picture of how a body of water can be the center of an entire ecosystem – both in water and land. It is alive.

The Dead Sea, on the other hand, is known for having the highest mineral content of any sea. The Dead Sea is said to have ten times the mineral content of the Mediterranean Sea. The Dead Sea is below sea level and nothing flows out of it. Because of the high salt and mineral content nothing grows or is alive in or around the Dead Sea. It is truly dead.

The Sea of Galilee is a true picture of how a growing operation continues to grow. An operation that is not only receiving, but giving, will be alive and do well. But an operation that is only about itself will eventually fail and die.

Maybe a better way to express this is that the operation that is always refreshing itself, changing to what is currently happening in the industry and economy, is the one that survives and wins. If an operation stays the same and just keeps everything the “way it has always been,” it will at some point become dead. (Remember, even a dead fish floats.)

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There is nothing like a good night’s sleep after a good day’s work in a growing operation. Is there?