Benjamin was serving 30 years for bank robbery. After 12 years, he learned his uncle had died and left him $50,000. The warden said the money would be held in trust until his release and asked if he wanted anything first.
Benjamin asked for a computer. Soon he received a brand-new one.
Weeks later, the warden visited and found it smashed to pieces. Shocked, he asked what happened.
“It didn’t work,” Benjamin said. “I only wanted it to do one simple thing. I hit the escape key again and again… and I’m still here! I’m suing the company.”
During another robbery, a burglar shouted, “Nobody move! Money belongs to the government, life belongs to you.” Everyone lay down quietly.
Lesson: change how people think, and you change how they react.
Back at their hideout, the younger burglar suggested counting the cash. The older one said, “Why? The news will tell us tonight.”
Lesson: experience can beat degrees.
Meanwhile, the bank manager told a supervisor, “Add the 10 million we stole to what the robbers took.”
Lesson: turn trouble into advantage.
The news reported 50 million gone. The burglars counted only 20.
Furious, they said, “We risked our lives, and the manager made more in seconds. Education pays!”
Final lesson: knowledge is as valuable as gold.
