LOOKING
FOR THE GOLD
As a young
Scots boy, Andrew Carnegie came to America and started doing odd jobs. He ended
up as one of the
largest
steel manufacturers in the United States.
At one time
he had 43 millionaires working for him. Several decades ago, a million dollars
used to be a lot of
Carnegie
replied, "Dealing with people is like digging gold: When you go digging
for an ounce of gold, you have
to move tons
of dirt to get an ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you don't go looking
for the dirt, you go
looking for
the gold."
What is your
focus? Become a digger for gold. If you are looking for what is wrong with
people or with things, you
will find
many. What are you looking for? Andrew Carnegie's reply has a very important
message. There is
something
positive in every person and every situation. Sometimes we have to dig deep to
look for the positive
because it
may not be apparent. Besides, we are so used to looking for what is wrong with
other people and
situations,
we forget to see what is right. Someone once said that even a stopped clock is
right twice a day.
Remember
when you go looking for gold, you have to move tons of dirt to get to an ounce
of gold. But when you
go looking,
you don't go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold.
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