The Richest Man In Babylon - InvestInRealEstate101

"Had our friend, the merchant, taken this step in his early
manhood when this opportunity came to him, this day he
would be blessed with much more of this world's goods.
Should the good luck of our friend, the cloth weaver, cause
him to take such a step at this time, it will indeed be but the
beginning of much greater good fortune."
"Thank you! I like to speak, also." A stranger from another
country arose. "I am a Syrian. Not so well do I speak your
tongue. I wish to call this friend, the merchant, a name.
Maybe you think it not polite, this name. Yet I wish to call
him that. But, alas, I not know your word for it. If I do call
it in Syrian, you will not understand. Therefore, please
some good gentlemen, tell me that right name you call man
who puts off doing those things that mighty good for him."
"Procrastinator," called a voice.
"That's him," shouted the Syrian, waving his hands
excitedly, "he accepts not opportunity when she comes. He
waits. He says I have much business right now. Bye and
bye I talk to you. Opportunity, she will not wait for such
slow fellow. She thinks if a man desires to be lucky he will
step quick. Any man not step quick when opportunity
comes, he big procrastinator like our friend, this merchant."
The merchant arose and bowed good naturedly in response
to the laughter. "My admiration to thee, stranger within our
gates, who hesitates not to speak the truth."
"And now let us hear another tale of opportunity. Who has
for us another experience?" demanded Arkad.
"I have," responded a red-robed man of middle age. "I am a
buyer of animals, mostly camels and horses. Sometimes I
do also buy the sheep and goats. The tale I am about to
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