Comments on: The businessman and the fisherman story http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/ Living life to its fullest by generating passive income through investments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 03:11:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark Albion http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-168484 Mark Albion Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:17:25 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-168484 As I said in my book, I wrote this two decades ago (I am old guy :) without pushing it or putting my name on anything but the end of the publication which had several of my stories. So if you saw the piece after 1990, it is from me - just over 100,000 websites had the story by 2002, all with slightly different versions. When we researched the piece, we indeed found another author in 1961 who had written in German a similar piece, though making vastly different points. To quote from my book, I’ve since seen this parable in many forms to which my monthly e-newslett er readers have directed my att ention, so it is clear that others have writt en similar stories. Th e earliest I have found is “Anekdote von der Senkung der Arbeitsmoral” (“Anecdote to Reduce the Work Ethic”), writt en in 1963 by the German Nobel Prize laureate Heinrich Böll, nearly identical but used differently. A similar tale apparently also appears in a Buddhist story and in Russian folklore. As I said in my book, I wrote this two decades ago (I am old guy :) without pushing it or putting my name on anything but the end of the publication which had several of my stories. So if you saw the piece after 1990, it is from me – just over 100,000 websites had the story by 2002, all with slightly different versions. When we researched the piece, we indeed found another author in 1961 who had written in German a similar piece, though making vastly different points. To quote from my book,

I’ve since seen this parable in many forms to which my monthly e-newslett er readers have
directed my att ention, so it is clear that others have writt en similar stories. Th e earliest I have
found is “Anekdote von der Senkung der Arbeitsmoral” (“Anecdote to Reduce the Work Ethic”),
writt en in 1963 by the German Nobel Prize laureate Heinrich Böll, nearly identical but used differently.
A similar tale apparently also appears in a Buddhist story and in Russian folklore.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-168482 Anonymous Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:11:36 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-168482 OK, how can you call yourself the 'author' of this piece? It's been around for decades... OK, how can you call yourself the ‘author’ of this piece? It’s been around for decades…

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-163202 Anonymous Sat, 29 Oct 2011 08:29:16 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-163202 Hey, you ripped this story off and it ends with the fisherman saying, "well isn't that what I'm doing right now?" Hey, you ripped this story off and it ends with the fisherman saying, “well isn’t that what I’m doing right now?”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-160448 Anonymous Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:21:55 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-160448 I guess the fisherman's daughters don't get to go to college. And god forbid they get sick. I guess the fisherman’s daughters don’t get to go to college. And god forbid they get sick.

]]> By: Minimalism: How to Declutter Your Home & Your Soul | evolution you http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-99033 Minimalism: How to Declutter Your Home & Your Soul | evolution you Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:05:08 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-99033 [...] You will be surrounded by things but on the inside, will you truly be fulfilled? The story of The Fisherman and the Businessman illustrates this point perfectly. (Watch the video if you don’t feel like reading through [...] [...] You will be surrounded by things but on the inside, will you truly be fulfilled? The story of The Fisherman and the Businessman illustrates this point perfectly. (Watch the video if you don’t feel like reading through [...]

]]> By: Josh http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-94544 Josh Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:01:41 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-94544 I've seen this story made into a short film on PBS years ago. Except instead of a beach it was in a rural area, and the fisherman was fishing sitting on a small rocky bridge. That's when the business man pulled up to him with a limo. So at the end, when the business dude says that when you get rich after 20-30 years later you can do this and that, then the fisherman says "...but that's what I'm doing NOW". And at that point the business dude got confused and didn't know what to say. So he got back into his limo and left. I’ve seen this story made into a short film on PBS years ago. Except instead of a beach it was in a rural area, and the fisherman was fishing sitting on a small rocky bridge. That’s when the business man pulled up to him with a limo.

So at the end, when the business dude says that when you get rich after 20-30 years later you can do this and that, then the fisherman says “…but that’s what I’m doing NOW”.

And at that point the business dude got confused and didn’t know what to say. So he got back into his limo and left.

]]> By: GenYJourney.com: The Path of an Emerging Leader » Blog Archive » Gen-Y Guest Post Series: Minimalism…How to Declutter Your Home & Your Soul http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-94339 GenYJourney.com: The Path of an Emerging Leader » Blog Archive » Gen-Y Guest Post Series: Minimalism…How to Declutter Your Home & Your Soul Mon, 12 Apr 2010 05:31:32 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-94339 [...] story of The Fisherman and the Businessman illustrates this point perfectly. (Watch the video if you don’t feel like reading through [...] [...] story of The Fisherman and the Businessman illustrates this point perfectly. (Watch the video if you don’t feel like reading through [...]

]]> By: Kenric http://www.livelearninvest.com/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/comment-page-1/#comment-48665 Kenric Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:58:13 +0000 http://www.afterreadingrichdadpoordad.com/2006/11/08/the-businessman-and-the-fisherman-story/#comment-48665 Hi Mark, Thanks for the comment. I updated my post with a link to your videos. I look forward to reading your new book. Hi Mark,

Thanks for the comment. I updated my post with a link to your videos. I look forward to reading your new book.

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