There was a wealthy man who wanted to give away $1,000,000 to a stranger who was willing to receive it.
He asked his assistant to carry a brief case containing $1,000,000 cash and to go out one night to knock at doors to offer the money to anyone who was willing to open their door and listen to him.
The assistant did exactly as his employer instructed.
But to his surprise he received almost the same respond from all the people whose doors he knocked. All of them turn him away without giving him a chance to explain about his mission.
Some of them said, “Sorry, I am not interested in anything that you are offering.”
While others said, “I am not interested in buying what you are selling.”
Some said, “The owner is not home”.
Whatever their reasons they all missed out on the opportunity to have the $1 million.
Most of us miss our big break or opportunity because we have a “closed mind” and do not give ourselves a chance to have a closer look at what is being presented to us. If it does not look good, and it does not fit with our present belief, we never give it another look. We turn it down and say, “This will never work, or this is not for me as I can't take that much risk and pay the price or it's just like another boring work”. Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen, we fairly breathe it and do not know it. And remember, opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.
He asked his assistant to carry a brief case containing $1,000,000 cash and to go out one night to knock at doors to offer the money to anyone who was willing to open their door and listen to him.
The assistant did exactly as his employer instructed.
But to his surprise he received almost the same respond from all the people whose doors he knocked. All of them turn him away without giving him a chance to explain about his mission.
Some of them said, “Sorry, I am not interested in anything that you are offering.”
While others said, “I am not interested in buying what you are selling.”
Some said, “The owner is not home”.
Whatever their reasons they all missed out on the opportunity to have the $1 million.
Most of us miss our big break or opportunity because we have a “closed mind” and do not give ourselves a chance to have a closer look at what is being presented to us. If it does not look good, and it does not fit with our present belief, we never give it another look. We turn it down and say, “This will never work, or this is not for me as I can't take that much risk and pay the price or it's just like another boring work”. Opportunity is as scarce as oxygen, we fairly breathe it and do not know it. And remember, opportunities are never lost; someone will take the one you miss.
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