re you using your time and her a bright, new twenty-dollar
talent well? Have you bill.
targeted those skills you
have and used them to your very She noticed that some of the
best advantage? green ink came off on her hands,
and just for a moment she
One of my favorite motivational wondered if it might be
speakers, Zig Ziegler tells a counterfeit. She had known the
story about one such man who did man well for many years and
not. There are lessons to be dismissed the very foolish idea
learned for anyone who is serious from her mind.
about succeeding in their work on
the internet. But later after he had left, her
concern grew and she called in
For the sake of brevity I will the local sheriff to examine the
paraphrase much of the story money. They decided to pay a
about a man who failed to use his visit to the man's house. There
time and talent well. they discovered in the attic his
equipment for making counterfeit
He tells of a man who lived in a money.
small southern community and was
well-known and respected in the There was an easel, some paint
area. brushes and a can of green paint.
This man was a brilliant artist
One day he was trading at the who was hand painting
local general store purchasing twenty-dollar bills so well that
some food and other items. The they could be passed undetected
clerk had been washing some unless the receiver had wet
vegetables and her hands were hands.
still wet when the customer gave
They also discovered several It is my hope that this article
beautiful paintings in the house will give you pause to assess
that were later sold for very your use of time and talent as
large amounts of money at auction you work on line. Use your
following the conviction of the talents and develop those other
counterfeiter. skills you need by reading,
studying and practicing.
The paradox is that it took him
about the same time and effort to Best of luck with your
produce one of these valuable promotional efforts.
paintings as it did to make one
fake twenty-dollar bill. -- Larry Johnson
So as you can see he could have Note: (This article may be
been a very successful artist if reprinted in your newsletter or
he had only used his time and on your site by leaving the
talent well. resource below box intact.)
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