To see things in the seed, that is genius.

Almost anything important is small and easy to miss at the start. The business that will change an industry, the argument that will end a marriage, the talent in a quiet child, all begin as faint signals that most people overlook until they are fully grown. Real insight is the ability to notice what something will become while it is still only a hint.

Pay attention this week to the small, early things around you, a stray idea, a slight tension, a new interest. Ask of each one what it might look like if it kept growing, and decide which deserve tending and which need dealing with now.