My friend, do you really understand the very important lesson in living contained in today's title, no risks, no rewards? Well do you? You see, there are, unfortunately for them, a whole lot of people spread throughout this great big world of ours who always want to play it safe, they're always afraid of taking any risks whatsoever in order to get them to where they want to be. Believe me, this kind of pathetic timidity will get a person absolutely nowhere. I remember well, many years ago, when I was selling encyclopedias. I decided to go to the British Virgin Islands to sell there for a couple of weeks. I'd never been there before. However, I shipped a whole pile of encyclopedias in advance by airfreight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I then flew to San Juan and chartered a small plane to transport the books to Tortola in the British Virgin Islands. I got a hotel room where I stacked up all of my boxes of encyclopedias, dictionaries, and children's classics -- the books I sold in an inclusive package with the actual encyclopedias.
I arranged a photo shoot with the chief minister of the government whom I presented with a set of American Educator Encyclopedias, and the photo with a write up was published in the local paper on the front page. The chief minister introduced me to the minister of education, who in turn introduced me to all of the school principals. I spent two very successful weeks in Tortola, sold all of my books and appointed a teacher as my representative in the British Virgin Islands.
Yes indeed, as I look back on that episode, I really did take a big risk by taking all of those books to the British Virgin Islands. However, believe me, it paid off very handsomely. My friend, I do sincerely hope and pray that you have got today's most important message. You've got to believe in yourself and thus be prepared to take some calculated risks in order to succeed in life.
o Think about it!
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