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shopkeeper was giving them change in clean notes by first separating them from all the dirty notes. Obviously, there was nothing extraordinary about this step on the part of the shopkeeper but his method impressed customers a lot, for they got the impression that their shopkeeper cared for them. Slowly, he impressed his customers with this ordinary practice. His shop became so popular that it was always full of customers. The secret of success lies in your developing some distinctive quality which demonstrates that you are the well-wisher of others and this can be done in any ordinary way, even just by speaking a few kind of words or by exchanging dirty notes for good, clean notes. Problems and Opportunities “Starve the problems, feed the opportunities,” so goes an old saying. Simple words, but imbued with great profundity. One who understands the message of these words and acts accordingly will find the doors of success opening to him, while one who lives in ignorance of them will find all doors closed to him. The crux of the matter is that an individual in this world is forever caught between problems and opportunities. But whatever problems he has to contend with, there are always golden opportunities, not too far away, just waiting to be availed of. This is true equally of individuals, communities and nations—all find themselves in the same situation. And it is here that people are being tested in this world. One person, seeing only the problems that confront him becomes caught up in them. Such a