: Ricks decides to test Peck’s potential as a manager by giving him a seemingly simple but logistically impossible task: he must find and purchase a specific blue vase located in a closed shop window on a Sunday afternoon.

(originalmente titulado en inglés The Go-Getter ) es un clásico de la literatura de motivación personal y profesional escrito por Peter B. Kyne . Desde su publicación original en 1921, ha servido de inspiración para millones de personas que buscan fortalecer su determinación ante la adversidad.

The story is often mistakenly attributed to Quiroga, but similar short stories with the title "The Blue Vase" appear in Spanish textbooks (e.g., "El jarrón azul" by an unknown or pedagogical author) used to teach reading comprehension.

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