I have to confess I'd never heard of Reel Gardening - a highly-innovative horticultural concern, based in South Africa - until I saw the video you can access below.
It features a presentation by the company's founder, Claire Reid, delivered at Westerford High School, Cape Town, in July this year.
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| Claire Reid, speaking at Westerford High School, Cape Town |
But what is inspiring about Claire's story is the fact that she was only 16 when the germ of Reel Gardening formed in her mind.
Her determination to always add value to everything she did and to find a way around every obstacle also stands out markedly.
Along the way, she won an international award from Eskom Expo for Young Scientists, and set up a non-profit company called Reel Life that works hand-in-hand with Reel Gardening to help those in need.
Perhaps most impressively of all, she ignored the advice of 'big business', which wanted to mechanize and scale up her business, because that approach didn't feel right to her.
And through sheer persistence, she has now managed to secure the support of Sir Richard Branson to take her Reel Gardening products into Europe.
All because she refused to be diverted from the path that simply felt right.
At the end of the presentation, she states that, "You're never ever too young or too old to find what is your true path, what is your big idea".
What's more, Claire firmly believes that if you stick with that, you simply need to, "Allow the universe to conspire in your favor".
This really is well worth a look. Just click on the link below to go to the original recording:
http://youtu.be/p0SLLrur3Do
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