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Why Strive for More?
Chaleo Bringing in His Nets
The Fisherman!
The American businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna.
The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.
The Mexican replied only a little while.
The American then asked why didn't he stay out longer and catch more fish?
The Mexican said he had enough to support his family's immediate needs.
The American then asked, "But what do you do with the rest of your time?"
The Mexican fisherman said, "I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life, senior."
The American scoffed, "I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.
You would control the product, processing and distribution.
You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.
The Mexican fisherman asked, "But senior, how long will this all take?"
To which the American replied, "15-20 years."
"But what then, senior?"
The American laughed and said that's the best part. "When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions."
"Millions, senior? Then what?"
The American said, "Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos."
The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, "Isn't that what I'm doing right now?"
Author Unknown
(But he must have been Mexican)
I live here by the sea and most of my friends are either oyster divers or fisherman.
They stand together looking at the sea when the water is to rough to go for their catch.
This can sometimes involve a week or more without the ability to make money.
But..they do not complain and the smiles never leave their faces.
They do not talk about World Trade and the Stock Market.
I doubt that they would understand if someone mentioned these things.
Some of the things that they do know is comradeship,love and helping each other.
Why do people who have already messed up their lives by attaching so much importance to the almighty dollar want these people to change?
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