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when he had nothing. There are accounts catch your train, you would be delayed…
of him finding his neighbours in need, sometimes days. We find him running
and finding a way to get money to help down the platform, carrying his bags, and
them. He would lend people money or give he could see the train pull away! His heart
people money outright. Additionally, he sank… he was shouting out… “Come back!”
had this tremendous love of work. In a time Well that same train hours later have a
where there were unjust child labour laws, terrible accident and everybody on the
he got a job at .50 cents a day, which even train died.
then was absolutely nothing, was immoral This affected him in a big way. He talked
and wrong, and you would think that he about it a lot. He believed God spared him
would always kind of curse the name of the for a reason, and his whole life, he had
boss that took advantage of this teenage these two things: one, a celebration and
boy, right? love of work that he felt so honoured to be
But the rest of his life, J D Rockefeller able to be working and doing work, but the
celebrated the day he got that job. He other, a sense of destiny; that every day he
celebrated it as ‘job day’ until he died when woke up.
he was 97. Every September 26th he had a Do you think he knew what his destiny
party at his house to celebrate his first job was when he woke up the next morning?
he ever got. This is a man who loves Absolutely not. He just knew there
work, and who appreciates anyone who was something, and that was enough.
would hire him to do their labour. These two changes in thoughts for J D
Rockefeller, along with integrity, which he
got from his mother, created, in a way, J D
Rockefeller. And J D Rockefeller is a mind.
It is a mind that made certain decisions in
life. And whether we agree with all those
decisions or not… we do agree with the
life of the man. You cannot take away that
the result of his life is first and foremost
the result of his thinking.” What you
think about tends to manifest itself. Your
thoughts determine your direction. This
is just one instance… there are so many
stories we can share from our lives.
Hence, we need to work on the following:
• Create positive affirmations.
He also had a sense of destiny. As an • Learn to apply full stops.
adult, he was a clerk attached to a new • Stop being masochistic.
company… and he was supposed to catch • Appreciate and enjoy what you have.
a train to get to his new job. It was one of • Savour the joys of achievement.
those scenes from a movie where back • Always stand tall and hold your head
then, there were no planes, so you had high.
to get around by train and if you did not • Allow yourself to be playful and childlike.
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