Look For The Happy Medium

Look For The Happy Medium

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Sometimes the best way to get a point across is through a story, we all love stories and this happens to be one of my favourites. It also has a really important message that is all too often forgotten about in the fast bustling life of the 21st century.

The Fishermans Tale

This is a well-known tale but it contains a lesson well worth thinking about. Everything in moderation so beware of what you wish for.

An investment banker stood 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 yellowfin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The fisherman replied, Only a little while.

The banker then asked why didnt he stay out longer and catch more fish?

The fisherman said he had enough to support his familys immediate needs.

The banker then asked, But what do you do with the rest of your time?

The fisherman said, I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.

The investor scoffed, I am an Ivy League 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, and eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.

The investor continued, And instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would then 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 City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.

The fisherman asked, But how long will this all take?

To which the banker replied, Perhaps 15 to 20 years.

But what then? asked the fisherman.

The banker laughed and said, Thats 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. Okay, then what? wondered the fisherman.

To which the investment banker replied, Then you would retire. You could move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, and stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with ambition and drive. But take a closer look around you; look at your current circumstances, friends, job and family. How far from your perfect world is your existing life now?

You could spend your whole life searching for the ideal world, when its right under your nose the entire time.




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