“Do not abuse this gift, as it takes hundreds of years for the mightiest oak tree to be nurtured and grown, but only minutes for it to get cut down.”

Who said it, and where.

Who said “Do not abuse this gift, as it takes hundreds of years for the mightiest oak tree to be…”? Isaac Mashman wrote it in Personal Branding: A Manifesto on Fame and Influence, Second Edition (2025), Identity Positioning: A Macroscopic View on Personal Branding.