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Thought for the Week: 11th April 2011

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live now…”

~ Joan Baez

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Thought for the Week: 14th March 2011

“Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain…”

~ Unknown

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Thought for the Week: 7th March 2011

“The purpose of your life is not to arrive safely at your death…”

~ Fiona Jacob

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Thought for the Week: 27th September 2010

“A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life…”

~ Charles Darwin

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The Fisherman and the Businessman

know no limits inspiration    The Fisherman and the BusinessmanThere was once a businessman who was sitting by the beach in a small Brazilian village. As he sat, he saw a Brazilian fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore having caught quite few big fish. The businessman was impressed and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fish?” The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.” “Then why don’t you stay longer at sea and catch even more?” The businessman was astonished. “This is enough to feed my whole family,” the fisherman said. The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?” The fisherman replied, “Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fish, then go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I join my buddies in the village for a drink — we play guitar, sing and dance throughout the night.”

The businessman offered a suggestion to the fisherman. “I am a PhD in business management. I could help you to become a more successful person. From now on, you should spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fish as possible. When you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat and catch even more fish. Soon you will be able to afford to buy more boats, set up your own company, your own production plant for canned food and distribution network. By then, you will have moved out of this village and to Sao Paulo, where you can set up HQ to manage your other branches.”

The fisherman continues, “And after that?” The businessman laughs heartily, “After that, you can live like a king in your own house, and when the time is right, you can go public and float your shares in the Stock Exchange, and you will be rich.” The fisherman asks, “And after that?”

The businessman says, “After that, you can finally retire, you can move to a house by the fishing village, wake up early in the morning, catch a few fish, then return home to play with kids, have a nice afternoon nap with your wife, and when evening comes, you can join your buddies for a drink, play the guitar, sing and dance throughout the night!” The fisherman was puzzled, “Isn’t that what I am doing now?”

~ Classic Brazilian story, probably also present in other cultures. Someone found the English version, but I could not identify the translator

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Thought for the Week: 28th June 2010

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back…”

~ Arthur Rubinstein

quote know no limits    Thought for the Week: 28th June 2010