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Hi Fastlaners,
I cannot confirm or deny that this story is true, but it has a great message to it.
A business man was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were chasing him and suppliers were demanding payment. He sat in a park thinking if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly, an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you”, he said. After listening to the business man’s difficulties, the old man said, “I believe, I can help you”. He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and gave it into his hand saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time”.
Then he turned and disappeared. The business man saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D.Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world. “Now my money worries are over in an instant!" he thought and started smiling.
Nevertheless, the business man decided to put the check in his safe (in reserve) first. He thought, just knowing it was there, would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business
With renewed optimism, he negotiated better contracts and got extended terms of payment from his suppliers and started doing big deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and had started making money once again.
Exactly a year later, the businessman returned to the park with the uncashed Rockefeller’s check. The old man did not appear and the business man decided to wait. Sometime later, the business man saw the old man and thought to hand over him the check with a few words of thanks.
After a little while, the businessman saw a nurse came running up to catch the old man. “I’m so glad, I caught him”, she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He has escaped from the insane asylum many times and he tells everybody that he is John D. Rockefeller” and she took the old man with her. The astonished business man just stood there, shocked! Throughout the year, he had been confidently buying and selling huge stocks and having big deals, convinced he had half a million dollars with him.
Suddenly, the businessman realized that it was not Rockefeller’s money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his new found self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he wanted and it came from his own efforts: commitment, dedication and hard work.
I cannot confirm or deny that this story is true, but it has a great message to it.
A business man was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were chasing him and suppliers were demanding payment. He sat in a park thinking if anything could save his company from bankruptcy. Suddenly, an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you”, he said. After listening to the business man’s difficulties, the old man said, “I believe, I can help you”. He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and gave it into his hand saying, “Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time”.
Then he turned and disappeared. The business man saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D.Rockefeller, one of the richest men in the world. “Now my money worries are over in an instant!" he thought and started smiling.
Nevertheless, the business man decided to put the check in his safe (in reserve) first. He thought, just knowing it was there, would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business
With renewed optimism, he negotiated better contracts and got extended terms of payment from his suppliers and started doing big deals. Within a few months, he was out of debt and had started making money once again.
Exactly a year later, the businessman returned to the park with the uncashed Rockefeller’s check. The old man did not appear and the business man decided to wait. Sometime later, the business man saw the old man and thought to hand over him the check with a few words of thanks.
After a little while, the businessman saw a nurse came running up to catch the old man. “I’m so glad, I caught him”, she cried. “I hope he hasn’t been bothering you. He has escaped from the insane asylum many times and he tells everybody that he is John D. Rockefeller” and she took the old man with her. The astonished business man just stood there, shocked! Throughout the year, he had been confidently buying and selling huge stocks and having big deals, convinced he had half a million dollars with him.
Suddenly, the businessman realized that it was not Rockefeller’s money, real or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his new found self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he wanted and it came from his own efforts: commitment, dedication and hard work.
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