Your uncashed check..!
Robert Clements
Tuesday, July 27, 2010 - Many years ago, I worked for my dad as a salesman in his company, and ever so often I would hit a rough patch when I would return day after day without a single order. “You look down Bob?” he would ask.
“No sales,” I would reply, “Haven’t got a single order!” “So go out and sell, knowing I’m there behind you!” “What?” “Just do it son, go and try selling again!”
And it worked. A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him and suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you,” he said.
After listening to the executive’s woes, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.” He asked the man his name, 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.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. 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! “I can erase my money worries in an instant!” he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
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 the executive 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 astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All yearlong he’d been doing business, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him. Suddenly, he realized 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.
I wonder what your uncashed check is? Is it the confidence you need that you can trust a God above, or maybe love your family has for you, or like me knowing my dad was there? Whatever it is, let it give you the confidence to go out and get the best out of life..!
—Email: bobsbanter@gmail.com
“No sales,” I would reply, “Haven’t got a single order!” “So go out and sell, knowing I’m there behind you!” “What?” “Just do it son, go and try selling again!”
And it worked. A business executive was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him and suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. “I can see that something is troubling you,” he said.
After listening to the executive’s woes, the old man said, “I believe I can help you.” He asked the man his name, 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.” Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come. 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! “I can erase my money worries in an instant!” he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
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 the executive 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 astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All yearlong he’d been doing business, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him. Suddenly, he realized 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.
I wonder what your uncashed check is? Is it the confidence you need that you can trust a God above, or maybe love your family has for you, or like me knowing my dad was there? Whatever it is, let it give you the confidence to go out and get the best out of life..!
—Email: bobsbanter@gmail.com
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