Napoleon Hill used to say: “One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another.”
His best example was the story of R. U. Darby.
Darby had an uncle who, in the gold rush days, was stricken by the gold fever and headed west to DIG FOR RICHES. As the story went, he soon had secured a claim and began digging for his dream. The work was hard and dirty, but his lust for the gold kept him going.
After weeks of hard labor, the dream became reality when he struck a vein of the shinny ore. But, he needed expensive equipment now to bring the treasure out of its deep hiding place. So, he quietly covered his find back up, retraced his steps and headed home to get the help he needed.
To make a long story short, he and Darby, financed by friends and relatives, headed back to retrieve the yellow treasure.
Once back at the mine, it wasn’t long before the first cart of ore was out of the hole and headed for processing. Testing quickly showed that Darby and uncle now owned one of the richest mines in Colorado!
Down again went the drills and up sprang the hopes of the men. Just a few more carts like that one and all their debts would be clear. Then the profits would start rolling in.
But, something was wrong! The vein had disappeared. The pot of gold was within their grasp and now they couldn’t find it. Desperately they drilled on trying to pick up the lost gold – all to no avail.
Eventually they gave up. They sold the claim and used equipment to a junk dealer for a few hundred dollars, and climbed on a train headed home in failure.
Now, some junk men are just looking for a quick sale, but not this one. He hired an engineer to take a look at the once rich mine. The engineer studied the area and fault lines, did his calculations and predicted that the vein could be found JUST THREE FEET FROM WHERE DARBY AND HIS UNCLE QUIT DRILLING. And that’s just where they found it.
Millions of dollars in gold were eventually recovered from that mine.
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