Gold for dollars, anybody?
A woman in Salt Lake City walked into a bank with 20 solid gold dollars. For some bizarre reason she cashed them in at face value, $20. The teller put the gold coins in her purse, took out a 20, and put that in the till.
Gold Eagles
The fair market value of each gold pieces was $97 at the time. So the teller turned a quick profit of $1938.
Luckily, the bank manager somehow found out about the transaction. The teller was fired, and now the bank is trying to track down this strange person who had no idea what the true value of their gold dollars was.
It’s a crazy story, and it seems idiotic to trade something so valuable for 20 bucks. Yet I think people do it all the time. They sell themselves to an employer for wholesale. They let the employer mark them up and earn a profit on them year after year after year.
I’m not naive to believe that everybody on this planet should be an entrepreneur either, and I’m glad there are people that teach, keep the peace, and put out fires, and live wonderful lives doing it. But there are also plenty of people that dream of entrepreneurship, hate their jobs, but sell themselves short, giving away their gold for 20 bucks.
It’s been said that we’ll never hear some of the greatest songs because somebody’s watching T.V.
What do you think? Sound off below, I’d love to hear your comments on this…
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