One day, he said to himself, “I
don’t want to wait anymore for this calf to become an ox. I’ll just sell it and
buy several sheep which are easier and much cheaper to take care of.”And so he
did just that.
After several months, he realized that
breeding sheep were not as easy as he thought. And so he said to himself, “It
takes too long for these sheep to give birth. I better just sell them and buy
myself several hens which can lay eggs for me every day.”And so he did just
that.The plan worked very well, he was earning good from selling all the eggs.
Life improved for the farmer. But after several months, the hens started to lay
less and less eggs until one day, the hens couldn’t produce anymore. The farmer
was devastated. In his anger, he cooked all the hens and had himself a
feast.Later that week, he remembered the single calf that started it all and
realized that after all his hard work, and nothing had changed in his life.
Are you
like the farmer who often becomes impatient when investments takes so long to
grow and gives up when things become hard? Remember that there’s no shortcut
towards success and time is your ally. Be patient and persistent and the money
will come soon enough.
And when
it does, do you make the mistake of spending all your earnings? To become rich,
you must learn to delay gratification and use the profits as leverage to earn
more. Again, be patient and soon enough, you’ll have more than enough to spend
for both your needs and your wants.
Note:
Source of the story https://sites.google.com/site/managefinance275/home/raju-and-the-money-tree
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