[Spridgets] Not even a little bit of LBC content

[Jim Johnson]

I love it, Jay.  Do you know who wrote it?  I would like to use it
occasionally when I give talks but would wish to credit the author...

Cheers!!
Jim

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 8:16 AM, Jay Fishbein <jfishbein at snet.net> wrote:

> This is why, every so often I think of this story:
>
> The Mexican fisherman
> An American investment banker 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."
>
> 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, how long will this all take?"
>
> To which the American replied, "15-20 years."
>
> "But what then?"
>
> 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.. 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."
>
> --- On Sat, 12/12/09, Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: Larry Daniels <ladaniels at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: [Spridgets] Not even a little bit of LBC content
> To: "Spridgets List" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
> Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 10:46 PM
>
>
> I had an epiphany today.  I went to the funeral of a relative of my wife.
>  He
> was only 38 years old -- a young guy.  He had a beautiful wife and two
> beautiful kids aged 4 and 8.  Two great kids that were way too young to be
> left fatherless.
>
> His father is in a business related to mine.  It's a lucrative business and
> he
> is a titan in the business.  Huge power and huge money.  He has (had) one
> son
> and one daughter.  He was reduced to a babbling, sobbing shell of a man by
> the
> loss of his only son.  It made me think of what is important.  This guy
> would
> give up anything he ever had to have his son back.  There is a lesson to
> all
> of us.  Family and friends trump power and riches hands down.  Relish what
> you
> have, not what you want.
>
> OK, the sappy email is over with.  Some of you will get it and some won't.
> Bye.
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Cheers!!
Jim
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am
not
sure about the former. - Albert Einstein