As an enthusiastic brown-thumb gardener, I’ve learned that sometimes all I can do is plant seeds. The seed’s environment does more to determine whether that seed sprouts and blooms or if the seed degrades underground. Is the seed being watered enough, but not too much? Is the soil too acidic? Does it have enough nutrients? Does the seedling have the right amount of sun? Are there pollinators, to help pollinate the seedlings and grow fruit? Different seeds have different germination rates. Not every seed is able to sprout. If we think of an idea as a metaphorical seed, we’d think about all of
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