I am "Three Feet from Gold!"

Ever heard of this story?  *Three Feet from Gold*?

It's an inspiring story... extract & special thanks to moustafanabil's blog .
Extract:
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Three Feet from Gold



That was a title of a chapter in the book "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.


One of the most causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by a temporary defeat.
Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another.
Let me tell you a story:


In the "Gold Fever" days someone from the Darby family in the US went west to dig for gold.
He went there with pick and shovel. The going was hard, but his lust for gold was definite.


After weeks of labor, he was rewarded by the discovery of a shining ore. But he needed machinery to bring the ore to the surface.


So quietly he covered up the mine, retraced his footsteps to his home in Maryland. He told his relatives and some neighbors. They got together money for that machinery, had it shipped and he went with his nephew back to the mine.


They mined the first car and had it shipped to a smelter. The returns proved that they found one of the richest mines in Colorado.


A few more cars of that would clear all the debts he had. Then would come the big killing in profits.

Down went the drills. Up went the hope.
But something happened. The vein of gold ore disappeared. They had come to the end of the rainbow, and the pot of gold was no longer there.They drilled on desperately trying to pick up the vein again. All to no avail.


Finally they decided to QUIT.


Here comes the important part.
They sold the machinery to a junk man for a few hundred dollars and took the train back home.
Some junk men are dumb 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 THE DARBYS HAD STOPPED DRILLING" and that EXACTLY where it was found!


The "junk" man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, because he knew enough to seek expert council before giving up.

Now let us think of this story.


If you ask any self-made business owner he'll tell you that he had his success just after his biggest failure, just because he kept focusing on his desire and burned all the bridges behind him to have just only one way.


"I wanna do this. I don't know how I'm gonna do it. I JUST know I'M GONNA DO IT".


That was one of the most sayings you may hear from successful people.


And you should use this saying in your life.*
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This is the story.... so the next time someone ask me... which part of my life journey/plan am I at now... I am gona tell him that I am Three Feet from my "Gold"...
 
I have alwis been inspired by this story...hope u will too! Jia you! 加油！
 
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