A jobless man applied for the position of ‘office boy’ at a very big company.
The employer interviewed him, then a test: clean the floor.
“You are hired,” the employer said. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the application to fill out, as well as when you will start.”
The man replied, “I don’t have a computer, and I don’t have email.”
“I’m sorry,” said the employer, “if you don’t have an email, that means you do not exist. And who doesn’t exist cannot have the job.”
The man left with no hope. He didn’t know what to do with only $10 USD in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket, bought a 10kg tomato crate, and then sold the tomatoes door to door. In less than two hours, he succeeded and doubled his capital.
He repeated the operation 3 times and returned home with $60 USD. The man realized that he could survive by this way, and started to go every day earlier and returned late. Thus, his money doubled or tripled every day. Shortly after, he bought a cart, then a truck, and eventually had his own fleet of delivery vehicles.
Five years later, the man’s company was one of the biggest food retailers. He began planning his family’s future and decided to purchase a life insurance policy.
He called an insurance broker and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him for his email. The man replied: “I don’t have an email.”
The broker replied curiously, “You don’t have an email, and yet have succeeded in building an empire. Do you imagine what you could have done if you had an email?”
The man paused for a while and replied: “Yeah, I could have been an office boy!”