My friend, who I’ll call joe, had long held the ambition of owning a Mercedes. He was a bright, ambitious young man who had a great job and a good income, but he had never been able to save up enough money to own the car of his dreams.
That was until he came up with a plan that involved pretending to be a businessman.
It began when Joe started telling his friends and family that he had recently become a successful business man and investor. He would talk about the companies he had invested in and the money he had made. He was so convincing that he was even able to borrow money from a friend, who he promised to pay back with interest.
With the money he had borrowed, Joe was able to purchase a second-hand Mercedes.
At first, I was skeptical of Joe’s plan. I couldn’t understand why he was pretending to be something he wasn’t. When I asked him about it, he said it was all part of the plan. He wanted to look and act the part of a successful businessman in order to attract the right kind of people and opportunities. He wanted to be taken seriously and prove to himself that he could achieve his goal of owning a Mercedes.
The thing was, Joe was actually pretty good at pretending to be a business man. He knew all the right people, had the right clothes, and talked the right talk. He was also very convincing in his sales pitches and was able to persuade people to invest in his “businesses”.
The only problem was that Joe didn’t actually have any real businesses. He was just pretending and borrowing money from his friends. Eventually, his plan backfired when his friends started to realize what was going on and began to pressure him for their money back.
Joe eventually had to admit the truth and did not return any of the money he had borrowed. He was embarrassed and humiliated but he was also relieved that he had been able to keep his friends and family from finding out the truth about his deception.
In the end, Joe was able to achieve his goal of owning a Mercedes. But loss all his friends in the process.