Enter your name and email below, then click the "Free Instant Access!" button to get the free report.
What Makes A Business?
This post is part of the “Joint Venture” series:
Part 1: What Makes A Business?
Part 2: This Could Be The Highest Paid Skill In The World
Part 3: Which Of These Joint Venture Strategies Have You Tried?
More to come!
Let me tell you a little story…
On a sunny Monday morning, a woman came out of her house seeing 3 old men with long white beards sitting in front of her yard.
She said “I don’t recognize any of you, but you sure look hungry. Please come inside and have something to eat.”
“Is the man of the house home?” The 3 old men asked.
“No, he’s out.” She replied.
“Then we cannot come in.” They said.
When the sun settled, her husband came home, she told him about the 3 old men. “Let them come in!” Her husband said.
The woman went out and invited the 3 old men. “We cannot go inside your house together.” One of the old men explained “His name is Wealth, he is Success and I am Friendship.” He then added “Now go back inside your house and discuss this with your husband who among us should go inside your home.”
With excitement, the woman flips the door open and told her husband about it “How nice!” Her husband said “If that’s the case, let’s invite Wealth so our home will be filled with Cash.” His wife disagreed “Babe, why not invite Success? So the two of us can finish our studies with doctorate degrees.”
Overhearing the conversation, their daughter butted in “Wouldn’t it be better to invite Friendship?” The couple gave their daughter a chance and agreed.
“Friendship, please come inside with us and be our guest.” Said the couple. Suddenly, the other 2 stood up and followed them.
Surprised, the woman asked “I only invited Friendship, why are you coming?” The 3 old men replied “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would’ve stayed out. But since you invited Friendship, wherever he goes, we go with him.”
“Wherever friendship goes, wealth and success follows.”
And that what makes a business – friendship.
P.S. For the record, this post is actually for my oratorical speech in school. Now that’s what you call the best of both worlds! ;-)
Carl Ocab is one of the most successful teenage bloggers on the net. But remarkably, Carl was just 13 years old when he rose to fame with his hugely popular “make money online” website: www.carlocab.com
Hi, my name is Carl Ocab or as many call me, the “Kidblogger”. I’m a 16-year old kid from the beautiful archipelago Philippines.
August 12, 2008
12:21 am
Hehe, very nice story. And so true. :)
August 12, 2008
9:48 am
A better reason for the old guys to come inside home was “we are the friends of friendship and since our relationship is too strong we will go with him”
August 12, 2008
12:07 pm
Great ancecdote considering the terms Friendship, Wealth, and Success in their most general meanings.
Taking care of your relationships is truly the most consistent way to live a full life and run a lasting business.
August 12, 2008
1:12 pm
Hi Carl,
Glad to see your post finally. Hope you will write more soon.
August 12, 2008
6:25 pm
Cool to see you posting again Carl..
Peace dude
Jay
August 12, 2008
7:31 pm
Wow nice oratory… This is true, I mean when you look at succesful people they are surrounded by a lot of other successful people which says something about friendship…
August 12, 2008
8:43 pm
Well that was just lovely. I am sure you will get full marks for that speech.
August 13, 2008
4:04 am
CARL U HAVE TO START POSTING MORE!!!
August 13, 2008
4:51 am
Carl, nice story. Keep it up.
August 13, 2008
12:31 pm
Very nice story. Just came across your site, you’ve got some great posts.
Fred
August 13, 2008
4:58 pm
Nice story indeed! And I agreed with SID there, you gotta start posting more Carl! :)
August 21, 2008
3:49 pm
Very interesting story…I like it..Haha…!Friendship!
Regards,
http://varietiesinside.blogspot.com FREE EBOOKS
August 29, 2008
7:43 am
What you say is so true, but just think if you want to start a company and you are new to a town and have no friends just how can wealth and success follow.