There was once a man who was bored of life so he decided to start helping people. He couldn’t think of big ways to help but remembered how he always saw someone trying to fix their broken down car on the highway. The man thought this would be a perfect way to help those who may have car problems on the highway.
He taught himself how to fix cars by practicing on his own car and after a month of learning, he thought and hoped he was ready. He then went to the highway to help and as soon as he got there, he saw some people trying to fix their cars and he started helping them. Some people we so grateful for his help that they gave him some money as a way of thanking him. But not everyone was polite, some people would just shrug off and leave even without thanking him.
He didn’t realize it until he got home but he had earned fifty dollars that day. This for him was unexpected and he knew he had hit the gold mine. This became his daily routine. He spent time on the highway helping those whose cars had broken down. The man made a lot of money and he started getting richer day by day. This was by far the best job for him. Soon enough, people started noticing his strategy and they started copying him.
And copy him they did. They built stations along the highway with a call to repair cars for free. They did it just like the man did. In the hope that they would also get the tips that the man got while helping those in need of the highway repairs.
With many stations now available along the highway and everyone doing the repairs for free, people stopped giving any tips as it now became a ‘free’ service for all everywhere. The man who started the whole thing had just gotten his idea stolen. Now no one was earning any money from it. What else could he do? He wondered.
Moral: Stick to your own lane
