Picking up where we left off with Darby and his Uncle, let’s see what happens next.
“The first car of ore was mined and shipped to a smelter. The returns proved they had one of the richest mines in Colorado! A few more cars of that ore would clear all debts. Then they would make a killing in big profits.
“The drills went down as the hopes of Darby and his Uncle excitedly went up! Then something happened. The vein of gold ore disappeared! They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was gone! They drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again–to no avail.”
Journey To Wealth Creation
These are the times that every one of us is destined to face on our journey to wealth creation. These times are the true test of our ‘metal’ so to speak. And what you choose to do in times like these is what separates you—makes you the one who succeeds to go on to build great wealth, or makes you fail and continue to struggle in financial stress.
Let’s remember what Napoleon Hill said was one of the biggest reasons people fail to get rich…”…they quit when faced with temporary defeat.”
So did Darby and Uncle let temporary defeat put an end to their success? We’ll find out soon enough…
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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Napolean said it right……. put in constant input to your work …….
Hi Sean,
My guess is that Darby and his uncle do give up in the face of what seems like defeat, because I don’t think the uncle had a clear vision of success and what it would take to achieve that in the first place. It’s also what most of us do when faced with the same situation.
I think the ability to persevere when all seems lost is an essential ingredient for success. I don’t have a problem with being persistent but if I did; do you think this is something you can learn to do, Sean?
Hi Sean,
That does happen, fairly often when prospecting for gold, apparently. The vein runs out and can be picked up again down the way. A large gold nugget found on father’s day and so was named, The Father’s day Nugget, found at Ophar, near Orange NSW, in the 1970’s had the finder still looking for the vein 20 years later. He could possibly be still be there another 20 years later, not sure. Point is though that when gold is found usually the finder gets “gold fever’ and can’t give up on finding more.
Not in this case with Darby and his Uncle, I don’t think but it’s still an interesting story about the find in NSW.
Jill.