A successful businessman decided to retire and choose a new CEO from his young executives. He gave each executive a seed to plant and bring back a year later. Over the months, the other executives had growing plants while Jim's seed did nothing. At the presentation a year later, Jim was the only one with an empty pot, as his seed was dead from the start. The CEO announced Jim as the new CEO for being honest about his failed seed, while the others substituted seeds that would grow.