A short excerpt of a Dean Graziosi YouTube video using an oak-tree analogy to illustrate human potential and choice. Graziosi contrasts low-value outcomes (toothpicks, firewood) with high-value outcomes (conference table, a $2.3M violin) to argue that people can choose where to direct their energy and recognize their worth.
An oak tree can become toothpicks, which are pennies, each. An oak tree can become firewood, which I sold my entire high school years. 100 bucks a cord of wood. It could become a $10,000 conference table. Or it can also become this 2.3 million dollar violin. Same wood, different outcome. That's just an oak tree. It had no choice. We're humans. We're the greatest gift to this planet. We have a choice of where our energy goes. We have a choice of what decisions we make. We have a choice to say I am worthy and I am worth more.
