In my quest for inspiring and motivating people, a very important keyword hit my mind to talk about, and that is SINCERITY.
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| The secret of success is SINCERITY |
Then shortly
I stumbled on this story that explained everything:
HOW MUCH
SINCERITY PAID ME
Just a few weeks after I completed my one-year compulsory NYSC,
one of our family friends was urged to help me out with a job. He was a well-known man in the city so we were cocksure about his ability to help because he
trades with big men. Soon enough, he called me one morning to meet him at his
office which I did. When I got there, I met two other men with him. He asked me
to wait at the reception while they bring their meeting to an end. So I went
back to the reception.
Shortly, he called me up through the receptionist. He
requested I go to the town to get him a car spare part. He sounded like he had
no idea of the price. So he gave me excess cash and with no fixed amount at
which to buy the spare part. He said I should price and buy the product. To
make it easier for me, I took his car. He suggested an area where I could find
it. And since I had no other place in mind, I went straight to the area he had
mentioned.
I checked about 4 different shops and noticed the price was
with a difference of hundreds. But the lowest price I got was 12,000naira.
Since I had been given 45,000naira I bought it and had a balance of 33,000
naira.
On my way back, I started feeling funny. I began to think about
the remaining cash. I thought about making some cash by claiming I'd bought it
at a higher price than I had bought. I percolated on making it over 30k; I also
thought again about making it just 22k after all I was still going to return a
lot of cash. I was really broke during that period which made it a tough test
for me. I thought of several urgent things I needed that I would've been able
to attend.
Then it came to my mind that "The blessing of the Lord, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow
with it…", but I couldn't pray about what choice to make. However, I
firmly took my stand never to make a different price.
When I returned to his office, I gave him the exact cash
left. He asked about how I had gone pricing before I bought the part. I narrated
exactly how I had gone to several shops to make sure the price wasn't
outrageous. Just like a movie, they all stood to shake my hands, one after the
other. Reluctantly, I reached for their hands as I was surprised.
Those men in there, we're there to experience my final test
before my appointment for a post. They were the manager and director of a
private company. They needed a Purchasing Officer fitting to handle both big
and little 'purchases' in their industry. Where I had gone to buy the part,
they've access to the mobile contacts of the traders. The shops that sell car
parts in that area were owned by just one person who was also their friend. It
was just a phone call and they would confirm how much I had paid. They were
happy while I was still shocked by the question; "what if I had ..." I was proud of myself.
That was how I got the job!
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Sometimes
being sincere isn't for the good of others but for your own breakthrough.
Honesty pays! Every short cut eventually cuts short the journey and dream. Practice
sincerity; it pays.
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