A little more than thirty years ago Edwin C. Barnes discovered how true it is that men really do THINK AND GROW RICH . His discovery did not come about at one sitting. It came little by little , beginning with a BURNING DESIRE to become a business associate of the great Edison.
When this DESIRE , or impulse of thought , first flashed into his mind he was in no position to act upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did not have enough money to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
These difficulties were more than enough to discourage majority of men, but not him .
He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and announced he had come to go into business with inventor. In speaking of first meeting between Barnes And Edison, years later , Mr. Edison said, "He stood there before me, looking like an ordinary tramp, but there was something in the expression of his face Which conveyed the impression that he was determined to get what he had come after. "
Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his first interview. He did get a chance to work in the Edison's offices,at a very normal wage,doing work that was unimportant to Edison , But most important to Barnes, Because it gave him an Opportunity to display his "merchandise" where his intended "partner" could see it.
Months went by . Apparently nothing happened to bring the coveted goal which Barnes has set up in his mind as his DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE . But something important was happening in Barnes mind. He was constantly intensifying his DESIRE to become the business associates of Edison .
He did not say to himself ,"Ah well whats the use? I guess I'll change my mind and try for a salesman's job."
When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form , & from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity . It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door , and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
Mr. Edison had just perfected a new office device , known ast that time ,as the Edison Dictating Machine (Ediphone). His salesman were not enthusiastic over the machine. They did not believe it could be sold without great effort . Barnes saw his opportunity .It had crawled in quietly , hidden in a uglly looking machine which interested no one but Barnes and the inventor.
Barnes knew that he could sell the Edi-phones . He suggested this to Edison, and promptly got his chance . He did not just sell the machine . In fact, he sold it so successfully that Edison gave him a contract to distribute and market it all over the nation . Out of that business association grew a slogan, "Made by Edison & installed by Barnes."
The business alliance has been in operation for more than thirty years. Out of it Barnes made himself very rich in money.
(FROM THE BOOK "THIN AND GROW RICH"
....................................BY NEPOLIAL HILL)
When this DESIRE , or impulse of thought , first flashed into his mind he was in no position to act upon it. Two difficulties stood in his way. He did not have enough money to pay his railroad fare to Orange, New Jersey.
He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and announced he had come to go into business with inventor. In speaking of first meeting between Barnes And Edison, years later , Mr. Edison said, "He stood there before me, looking like an ordinary tramp, but there was something in the expression of his face Which conveyed the impression that he was determined to get what he had come after. "
Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his first interview. He did get a chance to work in the Edison's offices,at a very normal wage,doing work that was unimportant to Edison , But most important to Barnes, Because it gave him an Opportunity to display his "merchandise" where his intended "partner" could see it.
Months went by . Apparently nothing happened to bring the coveted goal which Barnes has set up in his mind as his DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE . But something important was happening in Barnes mind. He was constantly intensifying his DESIRE to become the business associates of Edison .
He did not say to himself ,"Ah well whats the use? I guess I'll change my mind and try for a salesman's job."
When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form , & from a different direction than Barnes had expected. That is one of the tricks of opportunity . It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door , and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
Mr. Edison had just perfected a new office device , known ast that time ,as the Edison Dictating Machine (Ediphone). His salesman were not enthusiastic over the machine. They did not believe it could be sold without great effort . Barnes saw his opportunity .It had crawled in quietly , hidden in a uglly looking machine which interested no one but Barnes and the inventor.
Barnes knew that he could sell the Edi-phones . He suggested this to Edison, and promptly got his chance . He did not just sell the machine . In fact, he sold it so successfully that Edison gave him a contract to distribute and market it all over the nation . Out of that business association grew a slogan, "Made by Edison & installed by Barnes."
The business alliance has been in operation for more than thirty years. Out of it Barnes made himself very rich in money.
(FROM THE BOOK "THIN AND GROW RICH"
....................................BY NEPOLIAL HILL)
Your comments are very important to us. feel free to say whatever in your mind .& we will always answer
ReplyDelete