A young man in need of work once saw this advertisement in a local newspaper: “Wanted, young man as an understudy to a financial statistician, P.O. Box 5902.” The young man decided this was just the kind of job he wanted, so he replied to the ad, but received no answer.
He wrote again, and even a third time with no reply. Next, he went to the local post office and asked the name of the holder of Box 5902, but the clerk refused to give it, as did the postmaster.
Early one morning an idea came to the young man. He rose early, took the first transport mode available to the local post office, and stood watch near Box 5902. After a while, a man appeared, opened the Box and took out the mail. The young man followed him as he returned to the office of a stock brokerage firm. The young man entered and asked for the manager.
In the interview, the manager asked, “How did you find out that I was the advertiser?” The young man told him about his detective work, to which the manager replied, “Young man, you are just the kind of determined fellow I want. You are employed!”
I remember reading the story of a sixty-five year old man who walked into a marketing office for employment. He was rejected because they did not have a vacancy for someone his age. He insisted that he can take up any position. In order to frustrate him, the helmsman of the organization told him of a region where their goods were not doing well. Though they have a representative over there, the business just wasn’t booming.
He agreed to take it up and started the next day. In just a few days, the company began to get orders from the region. It was strange, so they decided not to honour such orders until repeated calls started coming to the office about shipment. Within a year, the old man became a vice-president in charge of the sales staff.
Dear reader, nobody will buy into you until you buy into yourself. Nobody will respect you if you do not respect yourself. The same goes to belief. If you have the belief that you can accomplish a task, nobody on earth can stop you.
In the words of Stewart E. White, “Do not attempt to do a thing unless you are sure of yourself; but do not relinquish it simply because someone else is not sure of you.”
Enjoy the best of week and may your dreams manifest this July in Jesus name.
Shalom!