A man once walked into Microsoft looking for a janitor job.
After a few questions and some simple tests, the interviewer smiled and said, “Congratulations, you’re hired. Just give us your email address, and we’ll send you your schedule.”
The man hesitated and replied, “I don’t have a computer, or even an email.”
The HR manager frowned. “I’m sorry, but if you don’t have an email, that means you don’t exist in our system. And without that, we can’t hire you.”
The man left, disappointed, with only $30 in his pocket. But instead of giving up, he went to a farmer, bought 20 pounds of apples, and began selling them on a busy street corner. Within a few hours, he had doubled his money. By evening, he had earned ten times what he started with.
That’s when he realized he didn’t need a company, he could build something on his own.
Years passed. He bought a small truck, opened a fruit stand, then expanded into a small grocery store. After five years, he owned a successful chain of supermarkets.
One day, while arranging business insurance, the agent asked, “Could I get your email so we can send you the paperwork?”
The man smiled. “I don’t have a computer, or email.”
The agent was stunned. “You built all this without even having an email? Imagine what you could’ve done if you did!”
The man chuckled and said, “If I had an email, I’d be cleaning floors at Microsoft.”
