✨️One fine day, two men resolved to go in quest of a treasure that had been buried since the revolution in an old house. 💰💰🪙🪙
Such were the two men, who, guided by an old man, were to start in search of the gold.
It so happened that they had not a single weight nor a tool to enable them to find and obtain the treasure, and so, without more ado, they set to work and with their hands began to dig deep, benefiting by the rains, and through the smoothness of the ground.
They had dug for gold without stopping for three whole days, and in the end the two men had found gold coins, and this pleased the treasure hunters greatly.
The other searcher, by contrast, who was biding his time, had bought a store of food for 15 days on the cheap, and had purchased a hoe, a shovel and a wheelbarrow.
After 15 days, the first man, also the richest, who in few days became rich too once again went back to home with more money to live a comfortable life.
He found nothing on his return, and was forced to continue searching barehanded, while the second man used the tools he had purchased.
In no time both of them discover something else, this time, the man who dug without the tools found 3 gold coins, and the guy who dug with the tools found 10 coins.
And it had been the same as at the start, the first man leaving for a wealthy life, only this time for two months.
But the second man purchased a backhoe, and the land where the old house sat that held the treasure.
The rich man when he met a few coins would play the part of a rich one, would come one day to the spot, and there he had a surprise.
The other had bought the land, and at the entrance, there was a sign that said "Do not trespass, private property".
It didn't take the man who spent his first coin on a shovel and a hoe, and then bought a backhoe and land, very long to strike a fortune.
So he was able to live out his life in luxury most of us could only dream of.
Rather than have spent his money, one invested it until he had enough to last him for a lifetime, and not for just a few weeks or months. The second traveler whined about his poverty and his ill luck, and did other things that injured him vastly all the time he was alive.
Is wealth a matter of luck...? ❓
This is not so, in fact the secret of people who could build an empire is patience, caution and smart work.
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Insightful.