So...there are two men sitting and talking in a diner. One of the men is a multimillionaire the other man is a poor working class man. The wealthy man asked the poor man, "What do you want more than anything in the world?" It didn't take the poor man long to think of his answer. He knew this one right off. "To be like you...rich and successful." The wealthy man smiled for moment then looked into the eyes of the poor man, "You really want to be successful," he asked. The poor man looked back at him with a desperate glare and answered, "Yeh." The wealthy man said, "Okay, then I want you to meet me at the beach tomorrow at 4 p.m. sharp. Don't be late. The wealthy man got up to leave the diner.
The poor man continued to sit wondering why the other man wanted to meet him at the beach. The poor man thought to himself, "Does he know of some rare stone on the beach that I can sell? Is he gonna show me how to make glass out of sand? Is he gonna teach me how to properly give swimming lessons?" He could not understand why they were meeting at the beach but he would soon find out on tomorrow. The poor man got up, paid his tab and left the diner.
The following day he was at the beach at 4 p.m. just as the wealthy man had asked him to be. He saw the wealthy man sitting on the beach waiting for him. He walked up to the wealthy man and the wealthy man said, "Okay you're here. Now I want you to walk out into the water with me. "Okay," the poor man said. They began walking into the water. When they had gotten waist deep into the water, the poor man started wondering the point of the exercise. He looked over to the wealthy man. "Okay, we can stop now. Now I want you to bend your head over into the water and hold your breath. I am going to hold your head under with my hand and then bring you back up. Don't get alarmed. I won't let you drown." The poor man trusted the wealthy man and knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt him so said, "Alright."
The poor man bent his head into the water and held his breath. He felt the wealthy man put his hand on the back of his head. After a little time had elapsed he was ready to lift his head to find out their real reason for coming out to the beach. However, the wealthy man was still holding his head down. So he motioned to raise up but the wealthy man continued to hold his head down. So he signaled with his hand that he was ready to come up for air but the wealthy man continued to hold his head underwater. The poor man at this point felt the pressure on his lungs and realized he couldn't hold his breath much longer. He began panicking.
The wealthy man immediately lifted him up from the water. The poor man gasped for air as he raised up. He looked over at the wealthy man, "What were you trying to do! Kill me!!" The wealthy man looked at him with comforting eyes, " I was not trying to kill you. But while you were underwater what did you want more than anything in the world?" The poor man, still shaken up by the incident, looked at him and exclaimed, " To breathe!!" The wealthy man said, " I knew you would say that. Now you think about how badly you wanted to breathe and needed to breathe. When you want success as badly as you wanted to breathe just now you give me a call. The wealthy man handed over a card to the poor man and began to walk back towards the beach. The poor man stood there for few more minutes pondering what the wealthy man had said and catching his breath.
The poor man continued to sit wondering why the other man wanted to meet him at the beach. The poor man thought to himself, "Does he know of some rare stone on the beach that I can sell? Is he gonna show me how to make glass out of sand? Is he gonna teach me how to properly give swimming lessons?" He could not understand why they were meeting at the beach but he would soon find out on tomorrow. The poor man got up, paid his tab and left the diner.
The following day he was at the beach at 4 p.m. just as the wealthy man had asked him to be. He saw the wealthy man sitting on the beach waiting for him. He walked up to the wealthy man and the wealthy man said, "Okay you're here. Now I want you to walk out into the water with me. "Okay," the poor man said. They began walking into the water. When they had gotten waist deep into the water, the poor man started wondering the point of the exercise. He looked over to the wealthy man. "Okay, we can stop now. Now I want you to bend your head over into the water and hold your breath. I am going to hold your head under with my hand and then bring you back up. Don't get alarmed. I won't let you drown." The poor man trusted the wealthy man and knew he wouldn't do anything to hurt him so said, "Alright."
The poor man bent his head into the water and held his breath. He felt the wealthy man put his hand on the back of his head. After a little time had elapsed he was ready to lift his head to find out their real reason for coming out to the beach. However, the wealthy man was still holding his head down. So he motioned to raise up but the wealthy man continued to hold his head down. So he signaled with his hand that he was ready to come up for air but the wealthy man continued to hold his head underwater. The poor man at this point felt the pressure on his lungs and realized he couldn't hold his breath much longer. He began panicking.
The wealthy man immediately lifted him up from the water. The poor man gasped for air as he raised up. He looked over at the wealthy man, "What were you trying to do! Kill me!!" The wealthy man looked at him with comforting eyes, " I was not trying to kill you. But while you were underwater what did you want more than anything in the world?" The poor man, still shaken up by the incident, looked at him and exclaimed, " To breathe!!" The wealthy man said, " I knew you would say that. Now you think about how badly you wanted to breathe and needed to breathe. When you want success as badly as you wanted to breathe just now you give me a call. The wealthy man handed over a card to the poor man and began to walk back towards the beach. The poor man stood there for few more minutes pondering what the wealthy man had said and catching his breath.
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