mustang
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Dear All,
>
> Thought of sharing it with you'll.
>
>
> A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out.
> Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment.
>
> He sat on the park bench , head in hands, wondering 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 executive's woes, the old man
> said, "I believe I can help you."
>
> He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and
> pushed 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 as quickly as he had
> come.
>
> The business executive saw in his hand a check for
> $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in
>the world!
>
>
> "I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he
> realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the un cashed check
>in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work
>out a way to save his business, he thought.
>
> With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of
>payment.
>
> He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he
> was out of debt and making money once again.
>
> Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with
> the un cashed check.
>
> At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive
>was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came
>running up and grabbed the old man.
>
> "I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he
> hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and
>telling people he's John D. Rockefeller. " And she led the old man away by
>the arm.
>
> The astonished executive just stood there, stunned.
> All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling,
>convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.
>
> Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real
> or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound
>self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
>
> *From the above story we can make out that Confidence is nothing but
>vision held positively no matter what. *
>
>
> *It comes from ones own commitment and dedication to ones vision!*
>
> *Seeing ourselves having what we want and feeling it with us all the
>time increases our confidence enormously. *
>
>
> *Whether actually it is there or not doesn't matter.*
>
> *It all lies in what we see it as.*
>
>
> Thought of sharing it with you'll.
>
>
> A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out.
> Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment.
>
> He sat on the park bench , head in hands, wondering 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 executive's woes, the old man
> said, "I believe I can help you."
>
> He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and
> pushed 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 as quickly as he had
> come.
>
> The business executive saw in his hand a check for
> $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in
>the world!
>
>
> "I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he
> realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the un cashed check
>in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work
>out a way to save his business, he thought.
>
> With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of
>payment.
>
> He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he
> was out of debt and making money once again.
>
> Exactly one year later, he returned to the park with
> the un cashed check.
>
> At the agreed-upon time, the old man appeared. But just as the executive
>was about to hand back the check and share his success story, a nurse came
>running up and grabbed the old man.
>
> "I'm so glad I caught him!" she cried. "I hope he
> hasn't been bothering you. He's always escaping from the rest home and
>telling people he's John D. Rockefeller. " And she led the old man away by
>the arm.
>
> The astonished executive just stood there, stunned.
> All year long he'd been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling,
>convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.
>
> Suddenly, he realized that it wasn't the money, real
> or imagined, that had turned his life around. It was his newfound
>self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve anything he went after.
>
> *From the above story we can make out that Confidence is nothing but
>vision held positively no matter what. *
>
>
> *It comes from ones own commitment and dedication to ones vision!*
>
> *Seeing ourselves having what we want and feeling it with us all the
>time increases our confidence enormously. *
>
>
> *Whether actually it is there or not doesn't matter.*
>
> *It all lies in what we see it as.*
>
