"Seed planting."

I was wondering what to write this afternoon when I remembered a lesson I learnt by watching those who are successful. I call this the lesson of planting seeds. One common characteristic of successful individuals is the ability to "plant seeds". By seed planting I am refering to building relationships and contacts. These people build up their business by caring and effectively being the kind of characters you wanted to be around. Consequently when they had something to say - people listened. This is a good position to be in if you have a product or service you want to promote because seed planters get referals from other individuals who like them. Am I being simplistic? Yes, because sometimes it's good to get back to basics. Someone once told me "People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care". If you care about a person and you can find out their needs (by building relatinship) and supply a solution to solve that problem you are already possessing some of the "seeds" required to be successful.