41. What Do 33 Miners and Your Shoes Have in Common?
Millions around the world held their breath a few years ago as 33 Chilean miners who had been trapped underground for many weeks were slowly and safely brought to the surface. It was an uplifting, exciting story, and journalists will be writing about these men and their survival for years.
Many details about their underground ordeal were really remarkable, but one item caught my attention and made me smile. When the men were preparing to leave the mine, they asked for shoe polish. I bet their loved ones didn’t care whether their shoes were polished, but the miners wanted to look their best when reunited with their families.
Shoes are one of the little things that help make up your image.
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