Fisherman vs Businessman story

I read a great story some random blog that I can’t remember (I’ll insert link here if I find it again). I’ll summarise it anyway:

A businessman sees a fisherman at a small Mexican village coming in from sea with a small catch of fish.
The businessman asks, ‘Why didn’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?’.
‘It’s enough to support my family. I sleep late, fish a little, take a siesta, play with my kids, catch up with friends… I have a full life’
The businessman gets agitated and brags about his Harvard MBA, ‘I can help you become more successful. Just spend more time fishing to get yourself enough for a bigger boat. Hire more people to catch fish for you. Start a business and eventually you could have an empire and expand the enterprise globally.’
The fisherman looks perplexed, ‘How long with that take?’
‘15, maybe 20 years’
‘And then what?’

Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta, yadi yadi yadi…

Classic! Moral of the story is, you may be where you want to be already. And also, don’t spend too long chasing dreams, climbing the wrong ladder, when you may already have all you need.