More than money
One entrepreneur was in debt and saw no way out of the situation. The creditors stood on him. Suppliers demanded payment.
He sadly sat on a bench in the park, lowering his head on his arms, wondering what could save his company from bankruptcy.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him.
“I see that something worries you,” he said.
After he heard the entrepreneur, the old man said:
I think I can help you.
He asked the entrepreneur his name, wrote out a check and pulled it in his hand, saying:
Take that money. We’ll meet here exactly in a year, and at this time you can give them to me.
Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he appeared.
An entrepreneur saw in his hand a $500,000 check signed by John Rockefeller, at the time one of the richest people in the world!
“I can end all my problems in an instant!” He thought he.
But instead, the entrepreneur decided to put the received check in his safe. Only the thought of his existence gave him the strength to develop a way to preserve his business.
With newly increased optimism, he concluded profitable deals and expanded the terms of payment. He managed to make a few big sales. Within a few months he got out of debt and began to make decent money again.
Exactly a year later, he returned to the park with the same check. At the appointed time, an old man appeared.
And at the moment when the grateful entrepreneur wanted to return him the check and share the achievements, the nurse ran and grabbed the old man.
I am so glad I caught him! She cried out. I hope he didn’t bother you? He always runs away from home and tells everyone he’s John Rockefeller.
Surprised, the entrepreneur stood simply astonished. After all, for the whole year he was engaged in business, buying and selling, being fully confident that he had half a million dollars in the safe.
Suddenly he realized that it wasn’t money, real or imaginary, that changed his life. It was his new confidence that gave him the strength to everything he now has.