Move dirt and get an ounce of gold

As a young Scots boy, Andrew Carnegie came to america and started doing odd jobs. He ended up as one of the largest 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 money, even today it is a lot of money. Someone asked Mr. Carnegie how he dealt with people?


Andrew 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 one ounce of gold. But when you go digging, you dont go looking for dirt, you go looking for the gold'.
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What is your focus? Become a digger of gold. If you are looking for what is wrong with the 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 at 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 dont go looking for the dirt, you go looking for the gold.