TURNING LIABILITIES INTO ASSETS by Zig Ziglar

TURNING LIABILITIES INTO ASSETS by Zig Ziglar

A group of villagers in the Orient decided that a towering hill with a
bamboo thicket on top had to be leveled so that the ground could be
used for farming purposes. That same hill in the USA would have
required the aid of giant earthmoving equipment to level the ground,
but the Oriental mind didn't see things quite that way.

Thousands of people who lived in the immediate area got together and
started removing the hill basket by basket of dirt. They handed down
the baskets from top to bottom, and in some cases the lines were two
miles long. For many days it seemed as though nothing was happening;
the hill was not disappearing. But over a period of time, due to
incredible teamwork and the commitment of thousands of people, the
hill was leveled to a beautiful, flat farming area.

By their example, the Orientals demonstrated that when we are
confronted with seemingly impossible tasks, if we break them down into
small segments—or one basket at a time—we can literally accomplish the
impossible and move mountains. The villagers took a liability and
turned it into an asset. Think about it.

Examine your liabilities—maybe you can convert them to assets, even if
it's just a basket at a time.

"Although it's slow but it is moving and it's better then we stand still...."