To Achieve your Dreams..........

There was once an American businessman who was sitting by the beach under a beautiful morning sun in a small Mexican village while having his vacation. As he sat, he saw a Mexican fisherman rowing a small boat towards the shore. He noticed that the fisherman has caught a quite number of big fishes that is known to be a delicacy.

The American was impressed, and asked the fisherman, “How long does it take you to catch so many fishes?”

The fisherman replied, “Oh, just a short while.”

“You must be a good fisherman then. Why don't you stay longer at sea and you could catch even more?” The businessman was astonished.

The fisherman replied simply, “Oh, I enjoy fishing, and this is enough to feed my whole family.”

The businessman then asked, “So, what do you do for the rest of the day?” thinking that the fisherman must have another job to do to earn money for his family.

The fisherman replied; "Well, I usually wake up early in the morning, go out to sea and catch a few fishes, then I would go back and play with my kids. In the afternoon, I will take a nap with my wife, and evening comes, I will hang out with my buddies in the village. We drink, we played guitar, sing and dance through the night!"

The businessman shook his head in disapproval of his way of living, but kind enough to offer a suggestion to the fisherman.

"I am a graduated from Harvard University, doctorate specializes in business management. I can help you to become a more successful person. You have to spend more time at sea and try to catch as many fishes as possible. You sell the extra fish for cash and save the money. And when you have saved enough money, you could buy a bigger boat, then you can catch even more fishes. As you go on doing this, you will be able to afford to buy more boats, hire more fishermen, leading a team of your own. Soon you will be able to set-up your own company, having your very own production plant for canned food and do direct selling to your distributors. With this, you can move out of this village and into Mexico City, and from there you can expand your operation to L.A., and finally to New York City, where you can set-up your HQ to manage all your other branches."

The fisherman was intrigued with the idea and asked, "Wow! …and how long would that take? "

The businessman replied: "About 15 to 20 years"

The fisherman continued, "And what do I do after that?"

The businessman laughed 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, by then you will be rich, your income will be coming in by the millions!!"

The fisherman continued to ask, "And after that, what will be I doing?"

The businessman said proudly "After that, my dear amigo, you can finally retire, in style. Since you like fishing, you can build and move to a house by a fishing village. Everyday waking up in the morning to catch fishes which you enjoy doing, then return home to play with the 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. Your days then will be ever so completely carefree!!"

The fisherman was puzzled, "…you mean like what I am doing now??"

If you and I are business minded like the American businessman in the story, you can almost hear the businessman saying next in his response to the fisherman’s bewilderment “…well, not exactly…”

So, what does one really hope to achieve in life, do we really need to work hard purposelessly in our lives, deceiving ourselves and people around us to achieve it? What do you hope to have accomplished in the end, when your breath runs out, really?