(Will be posting again soon..InsyaAllah. For the mean, time copy-pasta works for me)
A lil' bit of "truth really hurts" here:
An American investment banker was at the pier of a small 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 you stay out longer and catch more fish?"
The Mexican said, "With this I have more than enough to support my family's 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 Los Angeles and eventually New York where you will run your
ever-expanding enterprise."
The Mexican fisherman asked, "But,
how long will this all take?" To which the American replied, "15 to 20
years." "But what then?" asked the Mexican.
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."
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