Read this sentence:
FINISHED FILES ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS
OF SCIENTIFIC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE
EXPERIENCE OF MANY YEARS.
Now count the number of F’s in the sentence.
There is no trick — just count the F’s!
How many did you get???
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Last January 12, there was a street performer at a subway station in Washington, D.C. He started playing his violin just before 8:00 A.M. and played for 43 minutes — the height of rush-hour. He had his violin case open . . . just in case anyone wanted to make a “donation.”
During the 45 minute “concert” 1,097 people passed by. Only seven people stopped and listened for a minute or more. Twenty-seven dropped money into the street performer’s violin case. He made $32.17.
This was done as an “experiment” for an article that was published Sunday, April 8, 2007 in the Washington Post. There was a hidden video camera that recorded the whole event.
(If you want to read the article and hear the performance,
Google: “Pearls before Breakfast.”)
So what’s the big deal???
The violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the greatest classical musicians in the world. He was playing one of the most valuable violins in the world — his $3.5 million dollar Stradivarius. And he played six of the greatest masterpieces of all time.
AND NO ONE REALIZED IT!
Many people were hurrying on their way to work and rushed within three feet of the performer. People couldn’t get that close to Mr. Bell at his sold-out concert at Symphony Hall in Boston three days before. The average ticket was $100.00.
PEOPLE DIDN’T EVEN REALIZE WHAT THEY WERE PASSING BY.
What are you passing by?
You might have a great talent and you don’t even realize it!
You might have an idea — a great idea — and you don’t even realize it!
If you’re a student, you might have a course and the professor or the information might be life-changing — and you don’t even realize it!
You might work with a person who can literally mentor or coach you to stardom — and you don’t even realize it!
I could go on, but you get the idea!
Oh, by the way, how many F’s did you get?
I bet you didn’t even realize that there were SIX F’s.
Give Success Hotline a call today at 973.743.4690,
Rob Gilbert
P.S. Today’s message can change your life — and you might not even realize it!
