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Acres of Diamonds by Devon Harris
Russell Conwell helped to transform a night school in a church basement in
Philadelphia into Temple University. He did it by retelling a story that was told to
him while in a camel caravan in Mesopotamia. It was a story about Al Hafed, a
very wealthy farmer in ancient Persia. Al Hafed was living his dream life until one
day a Buddhist priest visited him and during their conversation told him how the
world was formed.
The old priest also told Al Hafed about diamonds and that if he had a handful of
diamonds he could purchase a whole country. With a mine of diamonds he could
place his children upon thrones through the influence of their great wealth.
That night Al Hafed went to bed a poor man -- not that he had lost anything. He
was poor because he was discontented and discontented because he thought he
was poor.
After a sleepless night, he arose early the next morning and told the priest of his
desire to be immensely rich. After a lengthy conversation the priest told him that
he would find diamonds in a river that runs over white sand between high
mountains. Al Hafed sold his farm, collected his money, left his family in the
charge of a neighbor, and began his search for diamonds.
After years of exhaustive search throughout Palestine and across Europe,
penniless, ragged and wretched, he threw himself into the incoming tide off the
coast of Spain never to rise again. In the meantime, back at the farm, Al Hafedâs
successor, while giving his camel a drink from the stream that ran through the
property, found a black stone with an eye of light that reflected all the colors of
the rainbow. The stone turned out to be a diamond. And so were discovered the
diamond mines of Golconda, the most magnificent diamond mines in the history
of mankind; exceeding the Kimberley mines in value. Had Al Hafed remained at
home and in his own garden, instead of wretchedness, starvation, poverty and
death in a strange land, he would have had "acres of diamonds.â Every shovelful
of that old farm has since revealed the gems which have decorated the crowns of
monarchs.
The most amazing and tragic element of this story is the fact that we have so
many modern day Al Hafeds wandering around looking for their acres of diamond
everywhere except in the backyard of their own mind.
Change your Perspective
One of the valuable lessons taught by this incredible story is one of perspective.
How do you see yourself? The gem stones are the attitudes you develop over
time as a result of seeing YOUR world more clearly. When you see yourself more
clearly, you see yourself as someone who is valuable and has limitless potential.
This leads to high self-esteem and high expectations which are the cornerstones
for high achievement. This perspective also motivates you and compels you to act
with a clearly defined purpose.
Opportunities are dressed in work clothes
Your greatest opportunities lie under Your Own feet. They lie in your intellect,
your talent and abilities, your education and experience, as well as with your
family members, friends and business contacts. The challenge is that in the rough,
a diamond does not look like a diamond that we are familiar with. It looks like a
black, rough piece of rock and must be cut, shaped and polished repeatedly
before it glistens like the valuable stone that it is.
The Al Hafeds of today are waiting around for their opportunities to turn up. They
are looking for the easy way; the six numbers in the lotto or an inheritance from a
long lost relative theyâve never even heard of. They fail to realize that their acres
of diamonds represent an opportunity for them to learn and work hard for a long
period of time, honing and developing their skills so that they can build a career
or business and eventually have everything they want.
Your area of excellence
Each and every one of us has the ability to be excellent at something. What can
you be excellent at? It is your responsibility to find it. You may have a knack for
singing. Perhaps itâs teaching or sports. Whatever it is, know that ability is latent
until itâs developed. You may have all the potential in the world, but the
marketplace will only pay your performance not your potential. J.K. Rowlings is
now the richest woman in the UK, but ten years ago she was on welfare. Her
latent talent was in writing and through her writing she began to mine the
nuggets of diamonds that were abundant in her mind. Harry Potter became her
Golconda mines. Remember, the diamonds lie inside us waiting to be mined, cut
and polished.
Keep on Pushing!
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Three-time Jamaican Bobsled Team Olympian Devon Harris' message to "keep on pushing" inspires the rejected salesperson to rediscover his or her mojo, the stumped engineer to find a better solution, the overloaded executive to see a new path forward. Devon's real life story of perseverance and persistence combined with his powerful presence and persuasive ideas have positively impacted thousands at Fortune 100 companies, non-profits, governmental organizations, schools, and universities. He is the author of the motivational childrenâs book âYes, I Can!â and the semi-autobiographical motivational book, Keep On Pushing: Hot Lessons From Cool Runningâs.
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