A Short Story on ‎Self Confidence‬:

There was a business executive who was deep in debt and could see no way out.
‪‎Creditors‬ were closing in on him. ‪‎Suppliers‬ were demanding payment. He sat on the park bench, head in hands, wondering if anything could save his company from ‎bankruptcy‬.
Suddenly an old man appeared before him. "I can see that something is troubling you," he said.
After listening to the executive's woes, the old man said, "I believe I can help you."
He asked the man his name, wrote out a check, and pushed it into his hand saying, "Take this money. Meet me here exactly one year from today, and you can pay me back at that time."
Then he turned and disappeared as quickly as he had come.
The business executive saw in his hand a check for $500,000, signed by John D. Rockefeller, then one of the richest men in the world!
"I can erase my money worries in an instant!" he realized. But instead, the executive decided to put the uncashed check in his safe. Just knowing it was there might give him the strength to work out a way to save his business, he thought.
With renewed ‎optimism‬, he negotiated better deals and extended terms of payment. He closed several big sales. Within a few months, he was out of debt and making money once again.