Below is one of the better forwarded mail, I have ever received. Thanks to Sandeep Bhutani for sharing this.
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican fishing village.
A tourist complimented the local fishermen on the quality of their fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.
“Not very long.” they answered in unison.
“Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more?”
The fishermen explained that their small catches were sufficient to meet their needs and those of their families.
“But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
“We sleep late, fish a little, play with our children, and take siestas with our wives. In the evenings, we go into the village to see our friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, sing a few songs & then happily go to bed. In short, we have fun filled life.”
The tourist interrupted, “I have an MBA from Harvard and I can help you! You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch…With the extra revenue, you can buy a bigger boat.”
“And after that?” asked the Fishermen.
“With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can then negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant.
You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City , Los Angeles , or even New York City ! From there you can direct y our huge new enterprise.”
“How long would that take?” asked the Fishermen.
“Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years.” replied the tourist.
“And after that?”
“Afterwards? Well my friend, that’s when it gets really interesting,” answered the tourist, laughing. “When your business gets really big, you can start buying and selling stocks and make millions!”
“Millions? Really? And after that?” asked the fishermen.
“After that you’ll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, take a siesta with your wife, spend your evenings drinking and enjoying with your friends.”
“With all due respect sir, but that’s exactly what we are doing right now. So what’s the point in wasting twenty-five long years?”
The moral: Know where you’re & where you want to go in life… Possibly, you may already be there!!
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I have read this earlier but always enjoy reading it again… BTW thanks for the support you have shown for my posts on Indiblogger.
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I have to agree with you that this is a wonderful forward. And I will also take this opportunity to thank you for promoting my posts on Indivine. Cheers
really a message deep in value.thanks for sharing.
It is nice to read this story again. I have read this earlier too as a Chinese farmer story. But it is really very good to read it again and again and contemplate how worthwhile it is to make our life so busy that we have very little time for the niceties of life.
Nice story Pankaj dear. Iam grateful for your interest in reading my posts in my Blog. I would appreciate if you could share your views on them.
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Thanks for the compliments.
you do have an interesting blog here!
an interesting blog……very nice articles….cheers!!!
I read this in a different version in Readers Digest sometime back. But still its thought provoking to read it again.