You are looking for a breakthrough. You are praying for it. Someone with the right connections comes along and offers you the breakthrough. It sounds real good to you but the amount they are offering is not enough. You believe what you have to give is worth more than that. Although there are no other offers, you reject it, with no consideration of the big picture. As the Trinbago old folks used to say, ‘Eat little and live long’.

The big picture is that the person offering you the breakthrough, might be the stepping stone, to your great means for a better life. So when the opportunity of the breakthrough comes along hold on to it. Think about it as a ladder and that is the first rung…