If At First...Steal Second

At the end of his first year in business on his own a young man came home and said to his father proudly, "I've saved a thousand dollars." After five years he told his father, "I've now saved ten thousand dollars." Five years later it was, "I've saved a hundred thousand dollars." A few more years went by and he told his father, "Things haven't been too good lately. I had to borrow a million dollars." His father replied, "at last you're beginning to get somewhere."