tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post7265233529737397723..comments2023-12-21T18:43:25.430+00:00Comments on Finding Simplicity: The Fisherman & The BankerSharon Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-67325949723767498492008-06-30T14:18:00.000+01:002008-06-30T14:18:00.000+01:00@ Gavin. I guess it can be put into a variety of c...@ Gavin. I guess it can be put into a variety of contexts, depending on where the story's being told. <BR/><BR/>@ Websmith. You made some very valid points there. I expanded my own business a few years ago (I've given it up entirely now due to ill health) but found that while I was making more money and giving a few more people a chance to make a bit extra, it was causing me too much stress and Sharon Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09050104785278502068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-1287989823284675282008-06-30T11:56:00.000+01:002008-06-30T11:56:00.000+01:00That story reminds me of how tend to make things m...That story reminds me of how tend to make things more complicated than they really need to be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-26929636184492901952008-06-29T23:05:00.000+01:002008-06-29T23:05:00.000+01:00The banker failed to mention the money that he wou...The banker failed to mention the money that he would end up making and that, as he "helped" the fisherman, a need for more and more money would be created until the fisherman was forced to give up more and more control of his business until he was forced out onto the street without enough money to buy his original boat while the banker's friends took over the business.<BR/><BR/>The bankers who WebSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968695254632806726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7355169292089791281.post-51586144741977961042008-06-29T12:24:00.000+01:002008-06-29T12:24:00.000+01:00Never has there been a truer story about life. I ...Never has there been a truer story about life. I had read the story before, but it was in a different context. I think it was an American banker and a Mexican fisherman, if I remember rightly. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, good food for thought, and it just goes to show that money is not everything.<BR/><BR/>GavinAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08995214671079288985noreply@blogger.com