I live in South Florida. In all of the brochures and public relations about Florida, never do they mention the bugs, the snakes, the alligators, the iguanas and assorted other wildlife that flourish here in the Sunshine State. 

We all hope for world peace.  Since I was a child, people have always talked about how the next war or conflict was going to create everlasting peace. But observing the bugs, snakes, birds and other wild creatures here in Florida, I realized, but don’t really understand why somebody is always eating somebody.  The bugs are eat the bugs, the lizards eat the bugs, the birds eat the lizards and the bugs, the snakes eat the bird eggs, etc, etc., etc.

Recently, I observed one of our neighbors on their knees around the palm trees in their front yard.  It’s really unusual to see people outside their air-conditioned houses in South Florida – especially in the summer months. 

To my surprise, they were hovered over a tiny baby owl that had fallen out of its nest.  They were calling everyone they could think of to see how they could save the life of this bird.  Now this was certainly a humane and admirable thing to do.  To them the bird was a cuddly little baby they wanted to save.  But think about this:  to the snake, lizard or mouse, the owl was an enemy. 

Somebody always eating somebody.

I hope and pray for world peace someday.  But the moral of this story is:  If you are not present with your business and understand exactly what is going on – improving your operations, hiring the best, training your employees, aware of what your sales are and generally doing better than the competition… One of your competitors will have you for lunch one day.