Chapter 16 “Money Shortage”

October 15, 2009 | Posted by Mister P

                Each night for seven nights, John and Lisa worked on one of their goals. Lisa was impressed by the efforts John has been making to be organized. He even came home with an accordion style file folder. He had all of their notes in one pocket and each of the goals in a separate pocket. He even had a mechanical pencil and a yellow highlighter. For the entire week, Lisa had not gone out shopping once. They were both a little surprised at how much money they still had in the bank when John’s paycheck came.

                Then one day at work, John’s boss stopped by his office.

                “Hey, Smith, good work on those blueprints. First rate as always.”

                He turned to leave as quickly as he had entered, just as John was saying, “Thank you, sir.”

                “Mr. Johnson!” John called.

                John’s boss turned back around to face him.

                “Yes?”

                “Just wondering, sir. I really like working here, and I’ve been here a year already…” John decided to just blurt it out. What was the worst that could happen? Would he be fired? Not likely. The worst the boss could say was ‘no,’ in which case he was no worse off.

                “Isn’t it about time I had a raise, sir?”

                Mr. Johnson’s eyes widened a bit. “How long have you been here now?” he asked.

                “Thirteen months, sir.”

                “Really? I’m sorry, I didn’t realize it had been that long. How time flies. How’s 10% sound?”

                Trying to act cool, John said, “10% is just fine. Thank you, sir.”

                “Thank you, Smith. You’re one of the few men I know I can rely on around here. I’ll tell Margaret to make it effective for your next paycheck. I’ll ask her to throw in a small longevity bonus as well.”

                Mr. Johnson turned and left. John wanted to cheer. Instead he closed the door and called Lisa’s cell phone. She happened to be on a break between classes.

                “Lisa!” he said excitedly, “You’ll never believe what just happened!

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                They arranged to meet with Rob the next afternoon. Rob could tell something was very different about John and Lisa. Something positive. They were arm in arm and as they sat down, they continued holding hands. Before they had sat on opposite ends of the couch, now they were so close, Lisa was nearly sitting on John’s lap.

                “Well, Lisa, John told me you two have been having wonderful success using the Master Method”

                “Oh, yes! We can’t thank you enough for helping us out. We’ve gone through each of our goals, made all the objections we could think of, then we found solutions to all of the objections. We don’t just have hope, we know we can do this.”

                “And we’re doing it together,” John chimed in, giving Lisa’s hand a gentle squeeze.

                “Well, that’s terrific. Let’s see what you’ve done,” said Rob.

                John opened up his file folder and took out all of the goal sheets. He laid them out on the table in front of Rob, who came around to sit next to John on the couch so they all could see what was written together.

                “Wow! Great work! You two really must have been busy!” Rob exclaimed with approval as he looked over the pages.

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To your persverance,

Mister P

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