And in those days, behold, there came through the gates of the city a salesman from afar off. And it came to pass, as the days went by, he closed a great and exceeding number of deals.

And in that city were order takers masquerading as salespeople, who spent their days in gloom and inactivity saying to one another, "Verily this is surely one suckey market!" And they whiled away the hours drowning their insecurities on handheld devices, or over coffee and alcohol in the bars, and any other place they could congregate and be safe from would be clients. They talked not of business but exchangeth their troubles and despair.

And when these order takers heard of the many deals done by the salesman from afar they were astonished and said one to another, "What the hell? How doth he do this in such a suckey market? This surely is some magician's trick".

And it came to pass that one day as they were gathered in the back office, a soothsayer came amongst them. They knew him to be one very wise guy. And they questioned him angrily, saying to him, "How is it that this stranger cometh to our city with this suckey market, it's raising rates, fence sitting sellers and frightened buyers, and closeth exceeding numbers of deals? Surely it is Black Magic!"

Where upon the soothsayer sat down and answered to them, "He of whom you speak is one hustling guy! He ariseth every morning in the early hours and goeth out full of pep and confidence. He complaineth not, nor does he knock his competitors. He arrays himself in his finest garments, shineth his shoes and coifs his hair while you go about unshaven, with pants not pressed, reeking of your wasted mornings."

While you gather here and say, one to the other, "Verily this is a most terrible day to make sales calls, he, I tell you, is already abroad in the land massing a might fortune in commission. And when the eleventh hour cometh, this man needeth make no alibis. He knoweth his market and his clients so well that those who would put him off and say unto him 'Nay' when he cometh, yet when he goes forth from them he has their names on the line that is dotted."

"As for the false claims of "black magic", there is none such. However, this hustling salesman worketh not alone- he taketh two angels with him known by the names Inspiration and Perspiration. And he worketh to beat only himself, no matter the market.

Verily I say unto you, 'Go ye and do likewise'."
 
Given to me this week, I found this has been around a long, long time in various adaptations. I cannot find the source of it. Obviously "Go Ye and Do Likewise" originated from the story of the Good Samaritan. And some correlation remains: don't hate others for their success and doubt their methods, don't sit on your hands and talk about what others are doing, don't question what you've been taught.

Instead, pay attention to the successful, take Inspiration and Perspiration with you every day, do what the successful have done and literally ignore everything else!