A story, a life - 5

1. Break the idol and pick up your gold

The poor offered a statue of the deity. He prayed reverently to God to bless him, and as a result he became poorer and poorer.

Later, he grabbed the statue and threw it against the wall, and the head of the statue was broken, and a lot of gold fell out of the skull. The man picked up the gold and said loudly, "I see that you are both hateful and stupid, and when I respect you, you do not give me any good; I beat you, but you give me so many good things." ”

2. Who says a dollar is nothing

Oil king John Rockefeller, one of the three richest men in the Nineteenth Century in the United States, Rockefeller enjoyed a 98-year-old life expectancy, he earned at least one billion dollars in his life, donated 750 million. But he usually spends money very frugally.

Once, when he wanted to take the bus home from work, he was short of a dollar, so he borrowed it from his secretary and said, "You must remind me, lest I forget." ”

The secretary said, "Please don't mind, a dollar is nothing." Rockefeller listened solemnly and said, "How can you say that it is nothing?" Keep a dollar in the bank, and it will take a full ten years to have a dollar of interest! ”

The billionaire's view of money is: Not only am I not a slave to money, but I am going to use it as a slave.

3. The difference between a rich man and a waiter

American oil magnate Rockefeller used to eat light meals in a restaurant. After each meal, he left a dollar to tip the waiter.

One day, Rockefeller went to the restaurant again, and after the meal he still gave the waiter a $1 tip. The waiter couldn't help but say, "If I were you, I wouldn't skimp on tipping so little." ”

Rockefeller replied, "That's why you're a waiter." ”