FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
I recently heard a story about a man who was honored as his city’s leading citizen. Called on to tell the story of his life, he said, “Friends and neighbors, when I first came here 30 years ago, I walked into your town on a muddy dirt road with only the suit on my back, the shoes on my feet, and all of my earthly possessions wrapped up in a red bandanna tied to a stick, which I carried over my shoulder. Today I’m the chairman of the board of the bank. I own hotels, apartment buildings, office buildings, three companies with branches in 49 cities, and I am on the boards of all the leading clubs. Yes, friends, your city has been very good to me?”After the banquet a youngster approached the great man and asked him, “Sir, could you tell me what you had wrapped in that red bandanna when you walked into this town 30 years ago?” The…
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