There’s a small creek behind my house in the bush in little old New Zealand.
Sometimes it floods.
Big trees are felled in vile winds. Bright green moss climbs and clings to the fallen logs.
I’ve been filming videos in the creek lately. Trying my best not to drop my iPhone. I love this place.
Nobody planted any of it. Everything grew, born of the wind and water, naturally and organically. I prefer it to a cultivated garden.
It’s nature, wild and free
Here’s what hits me…
When I stand there, knee-deep in that stream, I see business and life in the same way.
Everything grows when it’s in the right environment.
The right soil.
The right rhythm.
The right people.
It’s tempting to spend years trying to grow in places we don’t belong. To cultivate a business that is exhausting to maintain.
To force connections and to try and “scale” before we’ve found flow.
We end up always chasing more, more systems, more strategy, more noise,
when what we really needed all along was harmony.
That’s what we’re created inside Sphere Builder.
An ecosystem, not a program.
A rhythm, not a routine.
When you’re surrounded by the right 100 people, you don’t have to force growth. You just have to stay rooted.
Talk. Connect. Create.
The forest takes care of the rest.
G.x
P.S. If this resonates, comment “forest” below, and I will share a bit about how we can grow together.
Geoff’s words feel like a gentle hand reaching out, inviting us to breathe again. There’s something deeply comforting in the image of that wild New Zealand creek untamed, unplanned, yet thriving. It reminds us that we don’t need to force ourselves into growth or chase some polished version of success. We just need to find the right soil, the right rhythm, the right people. His message isn’t loud or flashy it’s quiet, like moss growing on fallen logs, like water finding its way. It’s a call to come home to ourselves, to stop striving and start belonging. To root, not rush. To grow, not grind.