The Price for Success: There’s a story told about a man, dying of thirst, who staggers up to a disused well on an old desert road. The man begins to pump the handle like crazy but there is no compression and nothing happens. Just then he notices that there is a note in a bottle lying beside the well. The note reads:

“This well is in good working order and will produce ample drinking water to satisfy your needs. You just have to prime the pump first to be able to get at the water. Look underneath the white rock beside the well and there is another bottle buried in the sand with just enough water for you to prime the pump. Pour all of the contents from this bottle into the chamber by the pump handle and then continue to pump furiously until the water flows. Don’t think that it won’t work – it will. And don’t drink any of the water in the bottle – there is only enough to prime the pump! Just have faith, follow these instructions and the well will deliver plenty of water. Afterwards, please refill the bottle with fresh water and put it back under the rock for the next traveller.” – Signed, ‘Indian’ Joe.

What price, success? Faith; commitment; the will to win; desire; willing to take risks. The above story illustrates the need for all these qualities, but also something else: the readiness to accept advice, to help others and to always leave something of value behind you, wherever you leave.