{"id":106,"date":"2007-06-07T15:29:05","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/2007\/06\/07\/fishing-joke\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:10:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:10:02","slug":"fishing-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheresjo.com\/?p=106","title":{"rendered":"Fishing Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/span><\/span> large yellowfin tuna.\u00a0 The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The American then asked why didn’t he stay out longer and catch more fish?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, \u00a0stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos.\u00a0 I have a full and busy life.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you.\u00a0 You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. \u00a0With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats. \u00a0Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery.<\/span>\u00a0 You would control the product, processing, and distribution.\u00a0 You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, \u00a0then LA and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this all take?”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>To which the American replied, “15 – 20 years.”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>“But what then?” Asked the Mexican.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The American laughed and said, “That’s the best part.\u00a0 When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, \u00a0you would make millions!”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>“Millions – then what?”\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>The American said, “Then you would retire.\u00a0 Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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