You may just be Three Feet from Gold

You may have noticed that my tagline for this blog is; YOU MAY JUST BE 3 FEET FROM GOLD’. So I thought my 1st post should be a ‘nod’ to that.

When deciding on what to name my Blog and it’s tag; there was one book that came to mind; it was called ‘Think and Grow Rich’ and the writer tells a story about a guy called Darby back in the 1800’s. He came across gold ore in Colorado; with determination, support and investment; he secured financing for mining machinery to maximise the opportunity believing that he had one of the world’s richest mines. 

Initially, things went well. The first remnants of gold discovered were shipped to a smelter and the returns provided proof that he was potentially right… a few more gold discoveries like the first would clear Darby of all his debt and leave him very rich so drilling obviously continued.

Then the unbelievable happened. The gold ore they had been successfully drilling just disappeared….but confident that he would find more gold; Darby continued to drill, day after day, with no luck.

Every day of drilling drove him deeper into debt until finally, he decided the only sensible thing to do was to QUIT! He sold the drilling machinery to a nearby junkman and returned home.

Before breaking down and selling the machinery, the junkman hired a mining engineer for an expert opinion as he wasn’t convinced that the gold had run dry. The engineer’s findings showed that it was very likely that the true vein of gold ore that Darby had been seeking, was likely around three feet from where they had stopped drilling!

The junkman decided to continue drilling and that is exactly where the gold was found! The biggest Goldmine in Colorado… The junkman made millions.

DARBY STOPPED WHEN HE WAS JUST THREE FEET AWAY!

Darby eventually became a millionaire later in life and attributes his tenacity and persistence to his learnings from this event.

So my questions for you to reflect upon are:

• What are you about to give up on?
• Have you sought expert advice?
• Are you stopping 3 feet from GOLD?