By the way, the apartment was not listed in the newspapers. Had I not been flexible enough to change my search technique, I would have never known about it. A few months after I moved in, I found out that my apartment was the only one rented at that price and asked the manager why. She replied that since the building had no elevator the landlord felt that people would be reluctant to walk up three flights of stairs and tried to sweeten the deal. Right after I moved in, however, he changed his mind and I ended up the only beneficiary of his misconceptions.
Wishes come true every minute of every day.
Unfortunately, most of us don t recognize them. One reason is that our wishes never look, in real life, the way we picture them in our heads. I once answered an ad for an administrative assistant position in the marketing department of a large company. I had a mental picture of a job where I would have responsibility, autonomy and be on the cutting edge of the industry. All the things I imagined available in a marketing environment.