A Mixture of Imagination and Hardwork

I don't know if this a true story but the message is golden.

A man applies for employment as a janitor with Microsoft. At the end of the interview, he is told that the position is his and they'd need an email address to notify him of the starting date. He is embarrassed and tells them that he has no internet or email address.

"No email?" - asked the personnel director. "You virtually don't exist and if you don't exist, you can't work here."

The man departs saddened by this decision. He is so desperate that he buys 10 lbs of strawberries with his last $50 dollars and starts selling them door to door. In two hours, he recovers his initial investment and has an additional $200 in his pocket. Since it is still early, he goes out and does the same thing three more times.

He discovers the strawberry business to be very profitable. He wakes up very early each day and sells four times the initial amount of strawberries.

After a few months, he buys a bicycle to do his deliveries. Shortly thereafter, he upgrades to a minivan, and eventually acquires a large truck to keep up with the demand.

Five years later, he is the owner of one of the biggest door to door food companies in the country.

One day he starts thinking about his retirement. He inquires about different retirement and life insurance programs. He decides on one proposal and the agent asks him for an email address to send them the policy contents.

"Sorry but no email," said the man.

"Incredible," the agent replied. "You created this empire in five years without an email or internet. Imagined what you would have done if you'd have had email and internet."

"Cleaning toilets at Microsoft," answered the man.

Lesson #1 - You can live without the internet.
Lesson #2 - You can become a millionaire without a computer and working hard.
Lesson #3 - You are reading this blog on the internet so you are closer to becoming a janitor than a millionaire.

Despite that setback, have a nice day my friend!