ANT-PRENEUR
LET'S BEGIN THIS SEGMENT THIS WEEK WITH AN ANCIENT WISE PROVERB THAT SAYS: GO TO THE ANTS YOU LAZY ONE, AND SEE IT'S WAYS AND BECOME WISE. SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HIS ADVICE AND GO TO THE ANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
THE ANT, BUSY INSECTS ALWAYS IN MOTION. THEY LIVE BUSTLING AND OFTEN DRAMATIC LIVES. THEY BUILD COMPLICATED NEST, WITH MANY STORAGE ROOMS(AS MANY AS 400) AND TUNNELS AS WELL AS CARRY LOADS MANY TIMES THEIR WEIGHT. THEY WATCH WITH GREAT CARE OVER THEIR YOUNG. FIGHT FIERCE BATTLES WHEN NECESSARY. THE ANTENNAS ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR TOUCHING AND SMELLING SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT. WITH THE ANTENNAS, THE ANT DETECTS SOUNDS, SENSES OF SMELL AND ALSO CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNICATION. TO KEEP THE ANTENNA CLEAN AND OPERATING PROPERLY, IT STOPS OFTEN AND BRUSH THE ANTENNAS CAREFULLY UNTIL IT FEELS FREE OF ALL DIRT AND WATER. THE ANTS HAVE GREAT STRENGTH AND ENERGY, IT CANNOT LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, IT'S WHOLE EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON HOW THEY LIVE AS A GROUP. IN ORDER FOR AN ANT TO SURVIVE, IT MUST WORK TOGTHER, TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ALIVE. THE SOLDIER ANTS DEFEND THE NEST AND SOMETIMES HELP BRING IN FOOD. WORKER ANTS SEEMS TO KNOW THEIR JOB IS TO FIND FOOD FOR THE QUEEN. THE WORKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF HER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THE HARVESTER ANTS WORK BUSILY ALL SUMMER COLLECTING THINGS FOR WINTER STORAGE, THEY ARE VERY INDUSTRIOUS. THE WORKERS GO OUT SINGLE FILED TO SEARCH FOR SEED, THEN HURRY BACK TO THE NEST CARRYING IT'S HEAVY LOAD JUST TO GO BACK OUT TO GET MORE FOR THEIR HOME. IT SHOWS THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF A LOT OF HARD WORK.
SOLDIER ANTS ARE THE POLICEMEN, THEY ARE POSTED AS GUARDS. THEY RACE THROUGH THE PASSAGES AND WARN OTHER IF THERE IS DANGER. THE MAJORITY OF ANTS ARE HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS INSECTS WITH A HIGHLY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY LIFE. THEY HAVE A HIGHLY EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR DIVIDING AND SHARING THE WORK OF THE COLONY. EVERY ANT MUST WORK OR THE REST OF THE ANT WORKERS WILL GET RID OF HIM.
MOST COLONIES THRIVE BY DIVIDING ALL NECESSARY JOBS AMONG HARDWORKING SOLIDERS AND WORKERS. BUT SOME TYPE ANTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. INSTEAD THEY GET OTHER ANTS TO DO THE WORK FOR THEM. THESE ANTS ARE KNOWN AS WARRIOR ANTS, (RED ANTS) THEY CAN NOT CARRY ON A COLONY BY THEMSELVES, THOUGH THEY ARE LARGE AND STRONG, THEY ARE EQUIPPED ONLY FOR FIGHTING. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE USEFUL JAGGED EDGES FOR DIGGING OR CARRYING. THEY RAID THE BLACK ANTS NEST, KIDNAP THE BLACK ANTS LARVAE TAKE IT TO THEIR NEST, SO WHEN THE YOUNG ANTS MATURE AND BECOME WORKERS, THEY WILL SERVE AS SLAVES DOING EVERYTHING FOR THEIR QUEEN. ANTS ARE ONE OF THE FEW CREATURES BESIDES HUMANS THAT KILL AND ENSLAVE IT'S OWN KIND. THEY FIGHT OVER TERRITORY, WHEN THE NEST OF ONE COLONY IS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER. THEY REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO THE NEST AND BUILD NEW SECTIONS TO THE COVE. A WORKER ANT DIRECTS ANOTHER WORKER FROM THE NEST TO FOOD THAT WAS FOUND. THE BUILDER ANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVE, MAKING SURE IT'S WELL VENTILATED, WELL ARRANGED, MAKE ADDITIONS AS NEEDED, TO ACCOMODATE THE GROWING COLONY. THE NEST IS CLEARLY DIVIDED INTO PASSAGES, FOOD STORAGE SECTIONS, TUNNELS AND EGG HATCHING COVES. CERTAIN ANTS ARE DEFENDING ANTS, THEY DO NOTHING BUT STAND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEST, THEY MOVE ASIDE ONLY TO LET RETURNING WORKERS ENTER. EVERY ANT IS BORN WITHA DEFINITE JOB TO DO, THAT JOB NEVER CHANGES DURING THE ANTS LIFETIME.
LET'S BEGIN THIS SEGMENT THIS WEEK WITH AN ANCIENT WISE PROVERB THAT SAYS: GO TO THE ANTS YOU LAZY ONE, AND SEE IT'S WAYS AND BECOME WISE. SO, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HIS ADVICE AND GO TO THE ANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM.
THE ANT, BUSY INSECTS ALWAYS IN MOTION. THEY LIVE BUSTLING AND OFTEN DRAMATIC LIVES. THEY BUILD COMPLICATED NEST, WITH MANY STORAGE ROOMS(AS MANY AS 400) AND TUNNELS AS WELL AS CARRY LOADS MANY TIMES THEIR WEIGHT. THEY WATCH WITH GREAT CARE OVER THEIR YOUNG. FIGHT FIERCE BATTLES WHEN NECESSARY. THE ANTENNAS ARE MOST IMPORTANT FOR TOUCHING AND SMELLING SINCE THEY DO NOT HAVE GOOD EYESIGHT. WITH THE ANTENNAS, THE ANT DETECTS SOUNDS, SENSES OF SMELL AND ALSO CAN BE USED FOR COMMUNICATION. TO KEEP THE ANTENNA CLEAN AND OPERATING PROPERLY, IT STOPS OFTEN AND BRUSH THE ANTENNAS CAREFULLY UNTIL IT FEELS FREE OF ALL DIRT AND WATER. THE ANTS HAVE GREAT STRENGTH AND ENERGY, IT CANNOT LIVE INDEPENDENTLY, IT'S WHOLE EXISTENCE DEPENDS ON HOW THEY LIVE AS A GROUP. IN ORDER FOR AN ANT TO SURVIVE, IT MUST WORK TOGTHER, TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY ALIVE. THE SOLDIER ANTS DEFEND THE NEST AND SOMETIMES HELP BRING IN FOOD. WORKER ANTS SEEMS TO KNOW THEIR JOB IS TO FIND FOOD FOR THE QUEEN. THE WORKERS WILL TAKE CARE OF HER FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THE HARVESTER ANTS WORK BUSILY ALL SUMMER COLLECTING THINGS FOR WINTER STORAGE, THEY ARE VERY INDUSTRIOUS. THE WORKERS GO OUT SINGLE FILED TO SEARCH FOR SEED, THEN HURRY BACK TO THE NEST CARRYING IT'S HEAVY LOAD JUST TO GO BACK OUT TO GET MORE FOR THEIR HOME. IT SHOWS THEY ARE NOT AFRAID OF A LOT OF HARD WORK.
SOLDIER ANTS ARE THE POLICEMEN, THEY ARE POSTED AS GUARDS. THEY RACE THROUGH THE PASSAGES AND WARN OTHER IF THERE IS DANGER. THE MAJORITY OF ANTS ARE HARD WORKING, INDUSTRIOUS INSECTS WITH A HIGHLY ORGANIZED COMMUNITY LIFE. THEY HAVE A HIGHLY EFFICIENT SYSTEM FOR DIVIDING AND SHARING THE WORK OF THE COLONY. EVERY ANT MUST WORK OR THE REST OF THE ANT WORKERS WILL GET RID OF HIM.
MOST COLONIES THRIVE BY DIVIDING ALL NECESSARY JOBS AMONG HARDWORKING SOLIDERS AND WORKERS. BUT SOME TYPE ANTS DO NOT WORK AT ALL. INSTEAD THEY GET OTHER ANTS TO DO THE WORK FOR THEM. THESE ANTS ARE KNOWN AS WARRIOR ANTS, (RED ANTS) THEY CAN NOT CARRY ON A COLONY BY THEMSELVES, THOUGH THEY ARE LARGE AND STRONG, THEY ARE EQUIPPED ONLY FOR FIGHTING. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE USEFUL JAGGED EDGES FOR DIGGING OR CARRYING. THEY RAID THE BLACK ANTS NEST, KIDNAP THE BLACK ANTS LARVAE TAKE IT TO THEIR NEST, SO WHEN THE YOUNG ANTS MATURE AND BECOME WORKERS, THEY WILL SERVE AS SLAVES DOING EVERYTHING FOR THEIR QUEEN. ANTS ARE ONE OF THE FEW CREATURES BESIDES HUMANS THAT KILL AND ENSLAVE IT'S OWN KIND. THEY FIGHT OVER TERRITORY, WHEN THE NEST OF ONE COLONY IS TOO CLOSE TO ANOTHER. THEY REPAIR ANY DAMAGE TO THE NEST AND BUILD NEW SECTIONS TO THE COVE. A WORKER ANT DIRECTS ANOTHER WORKER FROM THE NEST TO FOOD THAT WAS FOUND. THE BUILDER ANTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COVE, MAKING SURE IT'S WELL VENTILATED, WELL ARRANGED, MAKE ADDITIONS AS NEEDED, TO ACCOMODATE THE GROWING COLONY. THE NEST IS CLEARLY DIVIDED INTO PASSAGES, FOOD STORAGE SECTIONS, TUNNELS AND EGG HATCHING COVES. CERTAIN ANTS ARE DEFENDING ANTS, THEY DO NOTHING BUT STAND AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEST, THEY MOVE ASIDE ONLY TO LET RETURNING WORKERS ENTER. EVERY ANT IS BORN WITHA DEFINITE JOB TO DO, THAT JOB NEVER CHANGES DURING THE ANTS LIFETIME.
LESSON FOR US AS BUSINESS OWNERS OR WANNA BE BUSINESS OWNERS: TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN BUSINESS OR IN LIFE FOR THAT MATTER, A SUPER WORK ETHIC IS REQUIRED. IF YOUR BUSINESS INCLUDES OTHER WORKERS THEN YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO DESIGN A SYSTEM OF COOPERATION THAT IS LIKE NO OTHER. FINALLY, YOU CAN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT QUITTING. WELL, THAT'S IT FOR THIS SESSION, COME BACK SOON FOR ANOTHER LESSON FROM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. UNTIL THEN KEEP ON KEEPING ON.