Thursday, August 11, 2005

ENTRY # SEVENTY FOUR.

Good Afternoon,Here is a little story that my son , Jim sent me, I like it and just wanted to share it.

Business and Fishing

One day a fisherman was lying on a beautiful beach, with his fishing pole propped up in the sand and his solitary line cast out into the sparkling blue surf . He was enjoying the warmth of the afternoon sun and the prospects of catching a fish.About that time a business man came walking down the beach, trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. He noticed the fisherman sitting on the beach and decided to find out why this fisherman was fishing instead of working harder to make a living for himself and his family."You aren't going to catch many fish that way," said the business man to the fisherman, " you should be working rather than lying on the beach!"The fisherman looked up at the business man, smiled and replied, " And what will my reward be?"" Well, you can get bigger nets and catch more fish!" was the business man's answer."And then what will my reward be?" ask the fisherman still smiling.The business man replied, " you will make money and you'll be able to buy a boat, which will then result in larger catches of fish!" " And then what will my reward be?" asked the fisherman again.The business man was begining to get a little irritated with the fisherman's questions. " You can buy a bigger boat and hire some people to work for you!" he said"And then what will my reward be?" repeated the fisherman.The business man was getting angry. " Don't you understand? You can build up a fleet of fishing boats, sail all over the world, and let your employees catch fish for you!"Once again the fisherman said " And then what will my reward be?"The business man was red with rage and shouted at the fisherman, " Don't you understand that you can become so rich that you will never have to work for your living again! You can spend all the rest of your days sitting on this beach, looking at the sunset. You won't have a care in the world!"The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said,

" And what do you think I'm doing right now?"+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

3 Comments:

At 8:17 PM, Blogger Marsha Loftis said...

I liked the story.

 
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At 2:07 PM, Blogger Dr. Mark said...

I am the former Harvard Business School student and professor who wrote this story over a decade ago, but it is based in Buddhist tradition, Russian Folklore and similar too a lighter story written in 1963 by Henrich Boll, which I had never seen until this year. I had 2.5 million subscribers to my monthly publication so the story made it around the Internet. It is now a shareware 3-minute animated movie. Go to YouTube or FaceBook and put in "Mark Albion" and you will find "The Good Life Parable," and my new book with the story, More Than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to Answer, found at the BK website.
http://www.new.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=554442261117
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7JlI959slY
http://www.bkconnection.com/morethanmoney

 

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