Who was RU Darby?
R.U. Darby was an insurance salesman. He previously tried his luck drilling gold during the California Gold Rush with his uncle, who owned a license to mine on a small gold deposit. However, their plot soon ran dry of the precious metal.
How did Darby profit from his failed experience?
Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, because he STOPPED three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience inhis chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself, “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say ‘no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.”
What is the story of Ru Darby?
The Story of R.U. Darby . . . Back in the gold rush days of the wild wild west there was a man (R.U. Darby’s uncle) who heard about the riches that were being ‘found’ and struck in mining for gold out on the western frontier. He left Maryland to journey to Colorado and stake a claim to the newfound gold!
What happened to Darby’s uncle?
An uncle of R. U. Darby was caught by the “gold fever” in the gold-rush days, and went west to DIG AND GROW RICH. He had never heard that more gold has been mined from the brains of men than has ever been taken from the earth. He staked a claim and went to work with pick and shovel.
Why did Darby travel back and forth to raise funds?
It was thought they had found the biggest goldmine in history. So he travelled back to Maryland to ‘raise’ the funds necessary to buy and install all the equipment they would need to mine the gold. On the return trip to Colorado, both the uncle and Darby staked their claim.
Why did Darby go into the life insurance business?
Well Darby went into the life insurance business. He used his prior experience of having lost a fortune because he had stopped just 3 feet away from the gold. He remembered the lesson, and he vowed in his new business to – never stop because someone said ‘no’ to him when he asked them to buy insurance.