(true story from this summer)......
Last
night, just after we had concluded our typical Monday family
get-together, someone was knocking at our door. As my son answered
the knock, we observed a young man anxious to visit with the “parents
of the house”.
He
politely introduced himself as Jonah from Baltimore. He was
associated with a youth sales team of “inner city” youth. Jonah
had a miracle cleaner to present. My son, Michael had just baked a
fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies. So my generous wife offered
him a couple of cookies.
As
Jonah performed his product demo, we had an interesting discussion
regarding overcoming obstacles. He was telling of some of his
encounters with customers in his door-to-door sales contacts, the
most spectacular being the “gentleman” who answered the door with
a double barrel shotgun! The man's wife began asking him product
questions with the shotgun pointed to his chest. As Jonah casually
answered her questions, he began demonstrating his cleaner by shining
the chromed barrels of the shotgun! She bought his product!
Now,
whether Jonah was stretching the reality, or not, is of minor
significance. I believe the tale has merit. As we work toward our
successes in life and business, we will encounter “opportunities”
(a positive reference for challenges). Our growth and success is
totally dependent upon our response to these opportunities!
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