Water Story.

Water Story. A story that will motivate many people including me. This is how it goes.

Story involve two guys name Peter and John who are at their mid 20s. Both of them got a job on carrying water in pails from a source to fill up a big tank then they will get paid by the amount of water they fill up tank. For example, filling up 10 liter (L) of water will be paid for 1 dollar. 

So John started to work very hard, he work from 8am to 5pm, 5 days a week. Each pail holds 5 L and John can carry 2 pails each trip from the water source to the tank. So he can fill up 200 L and get paid 20 dollar a day. After 5pm, he will head home and rest or enjoy.

Peter is also working very hard. He work from 8am to 5pm (officially) , 6 days a week. Using the same pail as john uses. He carry the same amount that John carries a day. So both are efficient in filling up the tank. By 5pm, he fill up 200L in the tank and get paid 20 dollars too. But here comes the difference. He started to dig a drain. Every night non stop 7 days a week he dig the drain for 3-4 extra hours. So he only heads to home and rest at late night. 

Everyone thinks Peter is crazy. Even John laughs at him every day he passes by Peter, seeing him digging the drain aimlessly. Why he needs to do something that is not paid and do it till late. So the process of digging continue for years. He did it all by himself. John is a happy man now as he owns many things with the money he saved. He got a house and car with help of bank loan. Living a normal happy and relaxed life. But Peter still digging the drain every night after work.

After 30 years, when Peter and John are old. Both are about to retire, John felt sick and week. He cant carry as much of water as he was young. He can only feel up 30 L a day. He have loans to pay and settle. Slowly his savings are drying up as his income is shrinking. Suddenly, Peter has announced that his drain to the tank is finally completed! The drain can fill up the tank full every one hour! One full tank can hold more than 2000 L. He get paid accordingly. Very soon, he became RICH. His hard works pay. Although he is old, but he is not POOR.

Peter approached John. 

John: Are you here to laugh at me? Seeing me old and still carrying pails to fill up tanks.

Peter: No, why should i laugh at you? I am here to offer you a great opportunity. 

John: Why is that? I am old now.

Peter: Be my assistant. I want to open more drains to more tanks. Each village will have at least 2 drains. 

As conclusion:

Peter is smart and hardworking. John is hardworking but not smart. What i learnt from the story is that, being smart when hardworking and always plan further- BE PERSISTENT, success doesn’t come by LUCK . Always plan ahead. 

Good luck to my friends. Some people i know have high commitment that are not necessary. Anyway, be SMART.