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I once read a story about a business executive who was deep in debt, on the edge of declaring bankruptcy. Frustrated he went to a park, sat on the bench.

He was deep in thought when suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," said the old man. After listening to the executive's woes, the old man 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.” and, then he was off.

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! He now has more than enough money to rescue his sinking business. But on a second thought he decided to put the check away uncashed. Just knowing it was there gave him a unique fervor to work hard at saving his business.

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 he 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 executive just stood there, stunned. He suddenly realized he’d been blissfully deceived. He knew 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.

Like a once popular commercial for a milk brand said, “It’s in you!” Don’t wait to get lucky, don’t wait for anyone to prod you (don't wait for the old man, he's dead now.*Winks*). You be your motivator believe in   and your possibilities, believe in your ability to achieve, look yourself in the eyes and say I CAN. It’s in you! Don’t waste another day sulking.

Get out of your comfort zone, go all out, MAKE IT HAPPEN….. and as the great Les Brown would say ‘When life knocks you down, jump back up and say, it’s not over until I win’!