Back in the 1800's, in the middle of the gold
rush, a man named R.U. Darby traveled west with
his uncle to dig and grow wealthy.
They stopped in Colorado, and Darby's uncle
stake a mining claim. Both men worked tirelessly -
from sun up until sun down - using nothing but
picks and shovels.
The work was back-breaking, however both were
driven by a burning desire to strike it rich!
Finally after much toil and struggle, Darby and
his uncle discovered what they had risked everything
and traveled thousands of miles for... GOLD!
Needing heavier machinery to bring the shiny ore
to the surface, they quietly covered up their find
and went back home to Williamsburg, Maryland to
tell their family and a few friends what happened.
As you can imagine, everyone was thrilled to hear
the news!
They all pitched in to buy the necessary equipment
and had it shipped back to Colorado.
As a result, the work went a lot faster, and their
first load of ore was mined and sent to the smelter
- a factory where the metal was melted.
The money made from this confirmed they had stumbled
upon one of the richest gold mines in the state.
Darby and his uncle were overjoyed!
Just a couple more loads like this and they'd be
completely out of debt - scooping up nothing but
pure profit.
Then something horrible happened.
The gold just vanished.
GONE. Nowhere to be found!
Both men frantically continued drilling, trying to
rediscover the vein that had supplied them with so
much elation and hope.
However, this time their work didn't pay off - the
vein had simply dried up. (So they thought)
Discouraged and bitterly disappointed, they decided
to give up and quit.
Before catching the train back home, his uncle sold
all the expensive mining equipment to a "junk man" for
only a couple hundred dollars.
This junk man was smart.
He quickly hired an expert - a mining engineer, to
find out for sure if the vein had gone dry.
After some inspection and further calculations, the
engineer said the project had failed because the
two men weren't familiar with the mine's fault lines.
He predicted the vein of gold would be found three
feet from where R.U. Darby and his uncle stopped
drilling!
And sure enough, that's exactly where it was
discovered once again.
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ARE YOU JUST
THREE FEET AWAY?
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Anyone who sets out to achieve anything worthwhile
in life will face this situation at some point.
Unaware of how close they are to success - most
will abandon all hope and quit, right before making
it BIG.
Maybe you're at this point RIGHT NOW.
Maybe it seems like this dream of firing your boss,
working from home (or anywhere else you want), and
calling your own shots is something that only works
for other people - not you.
Maybe you just got stood up by a prospect for the
twentieth time in a row.
Maybe you just lost your top distributor. The one
you thought was going to help fund your retirement.
Maybe you just posted your first Youtube video online
and NOTHING happened.
Whatever the case, remember this...
500 of the wealthiest people in America told Napoleon
Hill (author of "Think and Grow Rich") their BIGGEST
success and achievements in life came RIGHT AFTER
they were completely overwhelmed by failure!
So anytime I experience what appears to be a major
setback, or my goals start to seem out of reach...
I always come back to Napoleon's book and remind
myself of this fact: "Failures" and "setbacks" are not
actually failures. They're simply a necessary step
in the process of figuring out what works - and what
doesn't.
Or as ad-writer Ted Nicholas says, "There's no
failures. There's only tests and results."
1To Your Success,
Ann Sieg
P.S. - The "junk man" made millions of dollars not
because he kept digging aimlessly like the Darbys...
but because he stopped and got a different perspective
on the situation by seeking the advice of an outside
expert.
Are you digging aimlessly in your business?
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Source: http://www.millionbabyboomers.com/2011/10/diy---the-astonishing-power-of-failure.html
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