In Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich, he tells a true story of a man named R. U. Darby and his uncle who were hit by the "gold fever" throughout the gold rush.
After having their first car of ore shipped to a smelter, they discovered they had hit one of the richest bodies of gold in Colorado. Excitedly, they continued digging, but the ore vein disappeared.
They kept digging in the hopes of finding the vein again, but when they did not get the results they were hoping for, they packed it in and sold off their machinery.
The man who purchased the machinery realized random digging was not the greatest way to find the vein. He called in a mining engineer and had him make some calculations.
What contributed to the failure of Darby and his uncle was their lack of knowledge about "fault lines" and their neglect to consider alternatives. With his expert knowledge, the engineer was able to predict that the vein of gold could be found three feet from where the Darby's quit digging, and that is accurately where it was...
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Don't Stop Short Of The Gold
Easy Invention Ideas
Easy Ways To Make Money
Man Or Mouse - Get Out Of The Rat Race
Empowering Your Manager
Entrepreneurial Failure - Get Used To It
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