This Story is about a man who once upon a time was selling Hotdogs by

the roadside. He was illiterate, so he never read newspapers. He was

hard of hearing, so he never listened to the radio. His eyes were

weak, so he never watched television. But enthusiastically, he sold

lots of hotdogs. He was smart enough to offer some attractive schemes

to increase his sales. His sales and profit went up. He ordered more

a more raw material and buns and use to sale more. He recruited few

more supporting staff to serve more customers. He started offering

home deliveries. Eventually he got himself a bigger and better stove.

As his business was growing, the son, who had recently graduated from

College, joined his ! father.

Then something strange happened.

The son asked, "Dad, aren't you aware of the great recession that is

coming our way?" The father replied, "No, but tell me about it." The

son said, "The international situation is terrible. The domestic

situation is even worse. We should be prepared for the coming bad

times."

The man thought that since his son had been to college, read the

papers, listened to the radio and watched TV. He ought to know and his

advice should not be taken lightly. So the next day onwards, the

father cut down the his raw material order and buns, took down the

colorful signbo! ard, removed all the special schemes he was offering

to the cu! stomers and was no longer as enthusiastic.

He reduced his staff strength by giving layoffs. Very soon, fewer and

fewer people bothered to stop at his hotdog stand. And his sales

started coming down rapidly, same is the profit.

The father said to his son, "Son, you were right". "We are in the

middle of a recession and crisis. I am glad you warned me ahead of

time."

Moral of The Story: It’s all in your MIND! And we actually FUEL this

recession much more than we think.