{"id":2956,"date":"2023-02-27T16:14:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2023-02-27T16:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T10:51:39","slug":"a-short-story-on-self-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/2023\/02\/27\/a-short-story-on-self-confidence\/","title":{"rendered":"A Short Story on Self Confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style> \np {\ntext-align:justify !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There was a business executive who was deep in debt and could see no way out.<br><br>Creditors were closing in on him. Suppliers were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from bankruptcy.<br><br>Suddenly an old man appeared before him. \u201cI can see that something is troubling you,\u201d he said.<br><br>After listening to the executive\u2019s woes, the old man said, \u201cI believe I can help you.\u201d<br><br>He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, \u201cTake this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time.\u201d<br><br>Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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!<br><br>\u201cI can erase my money worries in an instant!\u201d he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed 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.<br><br>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6497-Converted.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2958\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6497-Converted.jpg 450w, https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6497-Converted-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.plantlipids.in\/plnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/6497-Converted-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<br><br>\u201cI\u2019m so glad I caught him!\u201d she cried. \u201cI hope he hasn\u2019t been bothering you. He\u2019s always escaping from the rest home and telling people he\u2019s John D. Rockefeller.\u201d<br><br>And she led the old man away by the arm.<br><br>The astonished executive just stood there, stunned. All year long he\u2019d been wheeling and dealing, buying and selling, convinced he had half a million dollars behind him.<br><br><strong>Suddenly, he realized that it wasn\u2019t 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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 88<\/span><span class='epvc-label'> Views<\/span><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a business executive who was deep in debt and could see no way out. Creditors were closing in on him. 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. \u201cI can see that 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