Success is inward

Warren Buffett said “I always knew I was going to be rich. I don't think I ever doubted it for a minute.” What you need for your lifting is internal not external. Preston Bradley said “I have not met a person, I don’t care what his condition, in whom I could not see possibilities. I don’t care how much a man may consider himself a failure, I believe in him, for he can change the thing that is wrong in his life anytime he is ready and prepare to do it. Whenever he develops the desire, he can take away from his life the things that are defeating it. The capacity for reformation and change lies within.”

You have the capability to make yourself what you desire. There is greatness in every man, all you need is to look inward. Maybe this story may inspire you, I received it via email from a friend. The story touched my life greatly and I wish to share it with you. Who knows? It may be designed for your own miracle.

A business executive was in great debt and couldn’t imagine a way out. Banks were threatening to sell his business and other creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment and were not willing to give him more credit. One day he sat on a 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," the old man 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 cheque, 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 cheque of $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. Nonetheless, the executive decided to put the cheque in his safe first. Just knowing it was there, would give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought. With renewed optimism, he negotiated better deals with his banker and got extended terms of payment from other creditors. Soon he could close some big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again. Exactly a year later, he returned to the park with that un-cashed cheque. The old man did not appear for some time yet the business executive decided to wait for a while more. Some minute later the old man came along the same way but seemed to be unmindful of the business executive. The business executive stopped the old man and was about to hand over the cheque with a few words of gratification as well as to share his success story. At the same time, he saw a nurse come 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 new found self-confidence that gave him the power to achieve everything he went after. He understood that confidence comes from one's own belief, commitment and dedication and all these are entirely internal.  The truth is that when he was losing, he was lost in his mind and it reflected externally.