'The Gold Rush'.
Picture an old, run down mining community in ‘them thar hills’. One that
has regenerated itself by concentrating on the various World Marketing
Trends, and has built a ‘Service Orientated Marketplace’ for itself,
operating successfully as ‘The Middle Man’ or ‘Broker’ for deals and
business promotions around the World.
A lot of clever strategy has gone into this by the community leaders.
Where schools, shops, public services etc etc, have all been financed by
this forward thinking community that realises to ‘survive’, they must get
‘with’ the times, and apply themselves to modern marketing techniques.
This community is basically a happy, independent and confident one. With
everyone getting by comfortably, and work for all (who want it).
Which brings me to my two main characters here, Simon and George.
Now Simon And George grew up together as best friends, almost like
brothers they were so close. But, as different as chalk and cheese. Simon
left school, got a job in the local store where he graduated up to become
the manager. He had a pretty wife, two children, a boy and a girl, and they
lived in a smart, clean, tidy house that was just comfortable enough in size
for them all to live a happy and contented life.
George, on the other hand stayed single, and was never happier than
when he was chasing the girls after a night on the booze. Seldom
remembering his ‘shenanigans’ the next day. He lived in lodgings, and
lived from hand to mouth scraping by on the money he’d get for tiny little
‘Gold Nuggets’ he’d manage to find in ‘Them Thar hills’.
George was a ‘dreamer’, Simon was ‘practical’.
Simon had his life mapped out, and got what he’d ‘always expected’ out
of life.
But George, being a ‘dreamer’, had BIG ambitions. HE was going to find
another seam of GOLD in ‘Them Thar Hills’ and he was going to live like a
‘Lord’ one day. He is absolutely convinced that he WILL find his GOLD
one day if he just keeps plugging away.
Of course, everyone in the community laughs at George each time he
comes back, filthy dirty, with just another tiny nugget to tide him over for a
few more days. They ridicule him and offer really good advice, like ‘get
married’, ‘get a job’, ‘get a LIFE!’ as they all have.
Of course this just Gee’s George up even more, firing his thirst for More
Booze, More Women and an even Grittier Determination to succeed than
ever before.
One day, Simon was working happily in his shop, drifting through the day,
wondering WHEN it would be time to shut up shop so that he could get
back to his pretty wife, and gorgeous kids.
When all of a sudden! All HELL broke loose. There was shouting and
screaming coming from outside, and the shop door was FLUNG wide
open with George standing there SCREAMING! at his BEST friend in all
the World.
“Get Your Ass Down That Hardware Store!”
“Buy yourself a load of hand tools, shut up shop and come with
ME! Right NOW!”
“I’ve just HIT the biggest seam of GOLD ever seen in these parts,
and YOU! are going to share it all with me!”
“Come on! Hurry up! What are you Waiting for!??”
Simon looked at George, kind of shell-shocked. He didn’t say anything for
over a minute. When he did, he said “Look George, I know you mean well,
but I can’t just shut up shop like that. There are people to serve who
depend on me. What would my wife say? And do you KNOW how MUCH
those tools will cost me???”
OK, I don’t need to explain the moral of this story I’m sure. George went on
to mine the seam he’d found. Lived like a lord. Travelled the World in
‘style’ and never looked back.
Simon on the other hand, slipped slowly but surely into a state of
depression. He found it hard to get up for work in the mornings. Found it
difficult to laugh and have fun with his wife and children.
He started drinking to take away the PAIN of ‘missed opportunity’, which
in turn led him down that path into DEBT. After all, he was only just getting
by comfortably before. Doing ‘just enough’, and Earning ‘just enough’ to
live a ‘contented’ life.
He now has NO motivation, and with his new dependence on drink, the
money doesn’t stretch so far these days. His wife is also feeling the strain,
and is transferring that strain over to the children who have now started
rebelling, and mis-behaving when once the were the ideal children.
All in all, Simon has fared really badly from Georges ‘Good Fortune’. All
because he let ‘A Golden Opportunity’ that was STARING him in the face,
just slip right through his hands like fine sands on the beach.
Most of us have done this. We hesitate because we ‘Over Rationalise’ the
situation.
We’re afraid of Change. We won’t get OUT of our ‘comfort Zone’, and we
watch others succeed with opportunities that were ‘Offered’ to us first.
You can choose to be like Simon, and over rationalise what is genuinely
being offered you HERE on this web site. Or you can GO with what you
KNOW is right in your own HEART.
You KNOW you want a better life than you’ve got now, or you wouldn’t
even have LOOKED at this site. This information would be totally
superfluous to you. So in all honesty, you should seriously consider the
effect of a simple little ‘leap of faith’ on your part, and HOW it will IMPACT
on your future happiness.
You know Simon got it completely WRONG. Don’t be a lemming and
follow him over that Cliff.
You know you have your OWN ‘Gold Mine’ here right now.
Good luck,
Pete.
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