The Darby’s had reached it—the turning point in their financial success. Do you think they made the right decision? We know that if they followed the secret to wealth creation, had a definite purpose based in definite thought, they did. Alas…
“Finally, they decided to quit.
“They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars and took a train back home. Now, some “junk” men are ignorant, but not this one! He called in a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. The engineer advised that the project had failed because the owners were not familiar with “fault lines.” His calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the Darbys had stopped drilling! And that is exactly where it was found!
“The “Junk” man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, all because he knew enough to seek expert advice before giving up.
“Most of the money used to buy the machinery was raised through the efforts of R.U. Darby, who was then a very young man. The money came from his relatives and neighbors, because they had faith in him. He paid back every dollar of it, even though it took him years to do so.”
Admirable of Mr. Darby to do so, but what would have been more admirable would have been not throwing up his hands in the face of temporary defeat. If he had followed the principles outlined by Napoleon Hill and in this book, he wouldn’t have. If he’d known the secret to wealth creation, he wouldn’t have.
What About You?
Does any part of this story mirror any cross-roads in your own life? I hope for your sake it does not, but odds are that it does; it seems all of us have been ‘there’ at one point or another. But don’t despair; past failure does not predetermine future failure. You have the opportunity to learn from your mistakes and take your new found knowledge from this book, and turn your poorly decided past into great future success and wealth, just as Mr. Darby did.
I will see you back here Monday and Thursday every week for the continuation of the Mindset Mastery series.
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
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Yes it mirror one of life’s most confusing stage. I cant share it here though .
napoleon hill is my favorite writer . Lot of people are
Hi Sean,
You are right, past failure doesn’t have to mean that you will continue to fail in the future. I think you have to recognize where you went wrong, be willing to learn from your mistakes and learn some new ways to succeed.
I’ve had lots of failures to learn from and I feel success is getting closer all time because I am learning from my mistakes. In the past, if I had been the uncle, I would still be digging in that mine looking for gold. I wouldn’t have given up but I wouldn’t have asked anyone for help either. Now, I understand that I don’t need to know all the answers, I just need to know someone who does.
Hi Sean,
Well, possibly now we should turn our attention to the junk man. He seized an opportunity and made good! A success story here and a lesson to learn? I think so.
Jill.
3 feet hey? Wouldn’t you be spewing…
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Hi Lina,
Yes, I really would but I’m far too persistent and determined to give up three feet from anything that I want.
Yes I have enough failures to have given up. But I didn’t.
I had the burning desire to keep going in the belief that I would find the answer.
And I have and just as you would know it an opportunity has presented itself.
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