Be like the Bee

The beauty of life is that we can learn so much from so many different things in life and sometimes in the most unexpected ways.  For example, nature is a great way to learn and as I’ve studied leadership and our capacity and ability to reach our full potential and truly become all that we can be, I’ve ran into several articles on bees that always seem to fascinate me.  They fascinate me because every time I read them, I think we must be much more like them and that if we were, we could discover much greater results in our lives.  Below are five examples of why we must be more like bees and how doing so will help find greater success. 

#1 Efficient

Bees are extremely efficient.  They rarely (if ever) waste time or take a day off.  They know what they have to do to be successful and so they go to work doing it.  They don’t have bad days, procrastinate, or waste even a few seconds of their day.  They work hard and are focused the entire day on the task at hand.  If we could learn to be as efficient as a bee, our time would be much better utilized and maximized to accomplish our goals in life.       

#2 Hard Working

This efficiency leads to hard work.  Bees work tirelessly to reach their end goal.  They seem to know that honey doesn’t make itself.  They work hard for their results and don’t rely on others or hope for good luck.  They know their hard work will pay off in the end.  If we could adopt the same work ethic as a bee, our outcomes in life would be significantly improved.      

#3 Team Work 

From what I understand, most bees come from a hive or swarm and thus they work together to gain success.  Rather than simply relying on themselves and their own efforts, they help each other in order to have great outcomes.  Where one bee may struggle another bee picks up the slack.  Bees seem to understand that a group or team of bees can always accomplish more together than an individual.  Likewise, as we work together and support each other, our ability to be successful is greatly enhanced.    

#4 Visionary

Bees have tremendous vision—they literally see the future first and then make it a reality.  What I mean by this is bees eyes are in the exact shape of the honeycomb they produce.  Thus, they envision what they want and then make it happen.  If we could have the focus and vision of bees by knowing what we wanted and believing we could make it happen, our ability to be successful would increase tremendously. 

#5 Resilient

Finally, bees never give up.  Though flower or nectar may be far from home, they search until they find what they are looking for.  A bee does not seem to get discouraged or distracted easily but instead continues to press forward until the goal at hand is accomplished.  If we could match a bees resiliency and never give up, even when facing great obstacles or roadblocks, our ability to come out on top would vastly improve.     

Bees are amazing insects and learning to be more “bee like” in our lives will greatly improve our results.  If we can learn to be more efficient, hardworking, team oriented, visionary, and resilient like bees, we will massively improve our success in life.  Thus we must be like the bee.