For a Flourishing business, Keep cutting the weed (Kharpatwar)

“Fasal tabhi falegi, jab Kharpatwar hategi.”
(The crop will flourish only when the weed is removed.)

My father owned a large stretch of farming land. When I was a child, he often took us to the farm. It wasn’t just a trip—it was a quiet lesson in life.

He had many workers on the field, yet he always asked us kids to do one specific task:
Find the weeds—those tiny, unwanted plants that grew in between the tender grain shoots.

One day, I asked him—half annoyed and half confused:
“Why are you giving us this silly job?”

He looked at me and said something I carry with me to this day:

“This is not a silly job. This is the most important job.
As your business grows, so will the weed.
Learn to identify it early—and remove it without hesitation.”

In Marwadi, he put it even more simply:
“Fasal tabhi falegi, jab Kharpatwar hategi. Chahe zindagi ho ya business.”
(The crop only flourishes when the weed is removed—be it in life or business.)

Today, in my forties—with years of experience as a business owner and consultant—I understand exactly what he meant.

No matter how well your business is doing, somewhere, quietly, the weed begins to grow:

• A non-performing employee who’s good at politics but not at performance

• An outdated product or process you’re holding onto for emotional reasons

• A vendor who was once reliable but is now draining margins

• Or sometimes, even a thought pattern or habit that no longer serves your growth

Identifying the weed—and having the courage to remove it—is not just maintenance.
It’s survival.

So here’s my father’s wisdom to every business leader:  

Keep scanning your field.
Keep spotting the weed.
And don’t wait.

Because fasal tabhi falegi, jab kharpatwar hategi.
(In business or in life—it’s the same rule.)