This was a story we had in college if I am not mistaken. Perhaps it was in school, but a delightful story it was.
The story goes somewhat like this (reproduced from here), but the college version we had was slightly different from this.
It was a dull, gloomy and a depressing morning in a town named Pumpelsdrop in northern England. The Great Depression had brought all the businesses to a standstill. The bored automobile dealer was spending time alone, as usual. But, this seems to be an unusual morning as an odd entity (customer) appeared on the horizon. A man in a bright suit walks up to the dealer and says, "I need to buy a Rolls Royce Phantom II. We have a business conference coming up and I need to impress my customers". Then proceeds to pay 10% of the deal with a single check for 2000 pounds. The rest he says will pay when he takes the delivery.
The auto dealer was stunned. He was delighted to hear that someone is holding a business conference of some kind and even more importantly someone is buying a Rolls Royce. If people are starting to buy a Rolls Royce then there must be more coming to buy those Audis, Vauxhalls and Fords.
He called for a janitor to clean up the multi-year mess in his shop and had a decorator come in to spruce up his shop. He also shared the happy news with his wife and gave her a go for buying an expensive necklace from the down payment he received.
The jeweler was surprised that someone is buying a 1500 pound diamond necklace. He peeked at the dealer and found something new going on. He now had a huge order and a signal. It was time to replace his old, fading suit.
Thus, the spending chain began. In no time, the local entrepreneurs thought the Depression was ending and were starting to get back to their business. The out of work people were now put in business by the entrepreneurs and soon all hands were running busy.
As an anticlimax, the check that the auto dealer got from the person in the suit had been returned and he just listened to the radio that a lunatic was going around writing fake checks. But, his orders were so booked that he no longer needed that order.
The story goes somewhat like this (reproduced from here), but the college version we had was slightly different from this.
It was a dull, gloomy and a depressing morning in a town named Pumpelsdrop in northern England. The Great Depression had brought all the businesses to a standstill. The bored automobile dealer was spending time alone, as usual. But, this seems to be an unusual morning as an odd entity (customer) appeared on the horizon. A man in a bright suit walks up to the dealer and says, "I need to buy a Rolls Royce Phantom II. We have a business conference coming up and I need to impress my customers". Then proceeds to pay 10% of the deal with a single check for 2000 pounds. The rest he says will pay when he takes the delivery.
The auto dealer was stunned. He was delighted to hear that someone is holding a business conference of some kind and even more importantly someone is buying a Rolls Royce. If people are starting to buy a Rolls Royce then there must be more coming to buy those Audis, Vauxhalls and Fords.
He called for a janitor to clean up the multi-year mess in his shop and had a decorator come in to spruce up his shop. He also shared the happy news with his wife and gave her a go for buying an expensive necklace from the down payment he received.
The jeweler was surprised that someone is buying a 1500 pound diamond necklace. He peeked at the dealer and found something new going on. He now had a huge order and a signal. It was time to replace his old, fading suit.
Thus, the spending chain began. In no time, the local entrepreneurs thought the Depression was ending and were starting to get back to their business. The out of work people were now put in business by the entrepreneurs and soon all hands were running busy.
As an anticlimax, the check that the auto dealer got from the person in the suit had been returned and he just listened to the radio that a lunatic was going around writing fake checks. But, his orders were so booked that he no longer needed that order.
So, what has this got to do with the learning consultant life? Post follows...
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