This foxglove has found a niche. It's doing pretty well considering that it doesn't have much soil. It has definitely found itself a place in the sun, niched in a south-facing warm wall.
In business there is much talk of finding your niche. It's a useful concept in the workplace too, being in a suitable position to do the work that best suits you. In my line of business, coaching, there is much talk of finding your niche and I know of: wealth coaches, business coaches, a Dentist’s coach, an entrepreneur coach ( www.the-entrepreneurs-coach.com ) and even a flirt coach ( www.findtheloveyouwant.com ). Mark Forster has made a very successful career in the Time Management niche. He's a contributor to my book 'Good Question!' and you can download Mark Forster's chapter for free by clicking on the picture of the book cover to the left here.
But I want to think a bit here and question 'finding your niche':
Have another look at the foxglove. It's fine, but it's not doing amazingly well is it, by foxglove standards? I've seen foxgloves already this year that reach much higher and have more and bigger flowers. If that foxglove had done more research (ok ok, I'm stretching the metaphor a bit here I know) it might have chosen somewhere with better soil and more water. Wherever, it was still going to be a foxglove. The point I'm making here is that, unless you already know a great deal about yourself and what you want to do, it might be as well to put energy into finding out just what kind of a person you are and what your specific needs for growth and development are in your business or line of work before defining a precise niche.
What about thinking about terrains, landscapes, environmental conditions that will suit you, before finding your niche?
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