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Sushma
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Posted 24-08-2009Reply

The 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 uncashed 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 uncashed 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.



Moral - Come what may, never ever lose self confidence.







Jagbandhu
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  Rated 0 | Posted 24-08-2009

Hey Sushama, Its a wonderful sharing !!!!! :-)

In this age of personal development, one of the key and central factor we need is to have self-confidence. Having self-confidence means our self-esteem is heightened and this is integral to our personal growth. Our search for personal growth is linked to achieving successes in our lives and this is not just financial success, but also in other areas such as personal relationships.

Cheers!!!!

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  Rated 0 | Posted 24-08-2009

when you have a story, you have an identity;
when you have an identity, you have a security;
when you have a security, you have confidence.

And conversely: if you don’t have any confidence, it’s because you don’t have security; if you don’t have security, it’s because you don’t have identity; if you don’t have identity, it’s because you don’t have a story.

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  Rated 0 | Posted 24-08-2009

hey i read this before bt its stil worth reading again.. thanks :)

Ravi
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  Rated 0 | Posted 25-08-2009

Hi Sushma,

Thanks for sharing, this article worth reading a hundred times.

Regards
Ravi

Dastagiri
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  Rated 0 | Posted 06-04-2010

Hi

It is nice story
shows the self confidence is important

thanks

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