I saw this "parable" on a traditional Catholic website, and it immediately struck me. I was thankfully only 41 at the time, and my wife, three little girls, and I moved to Mexico where I slept in, taught English a few hours at our own school, and I took "siestas" with my bride, and played with my kiddos, and in the evening, went out to eat "cena" with my friend who owned a hamburger place ... I still do just that! "I have a very full and busy life, señores"! My pic is about three years old; I am 53, and have no stress. No debt, kids in uni now. Life's great! Thanks for sharing this story. It's a life saver! :D
@@FeelFree3 Schools are incredible multipliers of time. As the fisherman uses a net or multiple poles, we have multiple students per that one hour. The "hours" are not as important as the amount of students per hour. The rest of the "time" might amount to a bit more on the sidelines like marketing, etc., but that's never felt like work. Thanks for asking.
@Thomas Hughes amazing and inspiring story! Thanks for sharing. I'm curious, did you have to have a teaching degree or degree period to teach? Keep living the dream my friend.
I've heard this story many times in the last few years, but this was the first in video format. Even though I know what is going to happen, it's always a good reminder for me.
NATURAL LAW not true if you put the right people in position and pay them well. Than you will have more free time and more financial freedom to spend your time how you like . Yes there will be times where you have to manage even your managers or handle specific things that only an owner can. But overall you realistically could have more time .
@@jays0909 probably depends on the size and type of Business you have... but most likely, your Life becomes your Business. you will always be obligated to your Business so your Life will generally be dictated by what goes on with it and not the other way around. having more free time while owning a Business is I think, just a fanciful notion most of the time. it sounds good to us so we want to believe it. and that's why it's Extremely important to Love what you do and not just do it for the Money. 😉
A little too detailed. We have a local version in Croatia: German tourist sees local on the beach fishing. Says, hey, you know if you sell your fish, you can buy two fishing rods. 'Why?' So you can catch more fish. 'Why?' So you can sell them and buy a net. 'Why?' So you can catch even more fish! 'Why?' So you can be rich and not have to work. 'Mister, I'm not working now!'
My cousin worked hard most of his life. And he was successful, getting ready to retire. At 53--years--old, sits down one day.....drops dead of a heart attack. Hard work never hurt anybody, he used to say. My argument is for Moderation and a job that is at least satisfying. Like the fisherman. A vocation that is an avocation.
@@VentureAHighway no, it's not "good for you". i was talking to my brother once about an old farmer down the street who always had a cigarette in his mouth, and who easily lived to be 85 or so. "no", he said, "he looked 85, he only was 63 when he died". old generation farmer: horse and cart, never owned a tractor, probably never even driven one.
My father took stress toiled entire life & made enuff. The stress of litigation on assets he accumulated killed him. He never got to enjoy his success as holding on to his assets caused worries
Damn a big truthbomb dropped here.. I’m really grateful that I found your channel, because it could have been too late for me if I didn’t knew this simple story. I know what to do now, thank you so much!
I appreciate this story so much. I was like that businessman and worked all the time. I thought people who value family life over work are not winners. But recently I had some setbacks at work and started reevaluate my life. I have the world’s greatest husband and parents, cute cat babies, no kids, live in a comfy place, great friends, health... It’s so unnecessary to be depressed just because work is not going well.
Having retired recently, I can say that my wife and I have enough. My grown kids wonder why I don’t keep working for a 6 figure income, I could have so much more. We have enough.
I’m there now. Just took early retirement (teacher) because Covid had my assignment change drastically. I realized I have enough money, no debt, my kids are fine, etc. People ask why I don’t work longer but I have enough. And life is short. Life is meant to be enjoyed. Work to live, don’t live to work (unless you really love your work). I had a great career but there are so many other ways I wish to spend my time, including sleeping in late! LOL. You were able to cut through the fabric of our society that says, “more, more, always more”. Congrats and enjoy life!
This is not the Full Story / When American businessman goes from Vacation then time flies & Government policy is changed and Government start charging $400 fee as Fishing license and $200 as Environment fee , After fishing all day they do not have time to Drink wine and playing guitar or spend time with their family...😢 Because they do not have enough money to feed their family ,they spend more time to make money so they give the government fee .... After some time their situation getting worse ,his wife has taken divorce and He is becoming helpless day by day. If he try to make money & became rich when the American businessman said then He had more money and he will get in worse situation. REMEMBER: EVERY HAPPINESS IN LIFE IS BECAUSE OF MONEY.😎
@Julian Munoz no the point is basically Time.... people Waste most of their Life focusing and trying to attain more(Money) when they just need to spend their Time working on having enough Now, in the Present Time. nothing is guaranteed. even those with a lot of Money can suffer Life shattering events. but the point is the little Time we have in Life to enjoy as much as we can. most people working at their jobs today wouldn't Waste that Time doing it if they had everything they needed today. so Live in the Now and don't Waste it by chasing and worrying about what the Later might bring... 🙏
I don't agree with either the Mexican or the Businessman. The businessman's lifestyle was bad yeah. But the Mexican's lifestyle was bad too. He should work a bit harder to save for the future.
So you waste 25 years of your life (also the years were you are still young and fit to fully enjoy life) to have a safety net when you are old and cant even enjoy the best things in life to the fullest? I agree that you should try and be succesful but not for the money. Be succesful in something that you really want and like to do, work towards that even if it doesnt make you a millionaire.
@Julian Munoz Except money isn't going to save them from a famine, hurricane, divorce, death in the family and other stuff. Money alone can't deal with that except in very specific scenarios with specific application. Building up a huge fishing empire would actually create the very famine you're suggesting they work to build money to shield themselves from. And focusing on work over their family could result in a strained relationship causing a divorce that they never would have had with their current lifestyle. If a hurricane occurs your money isn't going to be useable unless you can actually access the bank AND anyone cares about accepting money in a hurricane situation. Which ok would help with rebuilding over time but you'd probably have much bigger issues to deal with then the size of your wallet. Death in the family? What's money going to do in that situation? It's not going to help you cope to have money. It's not going to bring anyone back.
I started living my life the way I wanted to live, the day I graduated from High School. Didn't go to College, didn't look for a house to own, didn't buy a brand new car, didn't marry, didn't had kids, didn't save money for retirement, I didn't do anything you suppose to do. At least the things everybody else is doing. I seen to many failures, unhappy faces or they loose what they work for. By not having anything you have everything. I didn't even go into debt. I'm 57 right now, done everything that I had on my bucket list. I just added one more thing and will be doing that with in the next three years. I work, rent, move and just repeat. I actually learn 6 trading skills during this time. Meaning I was able to save a ton of money. I didn't even had one substance abuse of anything as well. So money went far and wide. Earn money and had nothing to buy with it, is actually how you retire and even own a home later. I just bought my home last year, my first purchase owning a home. I payed cash of all the money I saved over those years. I still have a ton of money left, so I guess you can call that a nest egg and I still work. But as I get older my jobs get easier and less hours. Yes less money now, but I don't need that much money. Between jobs I live it up(6-9 months). Now I settle down, to take care of my parents which live 30 minutes away. I'm happy what I done and where I am today. That's what life is all about. I'm just glad I didn't get here by slaving myself.
Yes, definitely jelous and happy for you. I am definitely a slave working way too much. Hoping to change things in about 5 years. I feel like an 👽 compared to you. I am too scared to stop working or even use my vacation time. I like doing other things for sure, but can't let go of the need for stability I suppose.
This is a very good parable. My Father died at the age of 57, after a lifetime of hard work and countless hours of overtime. When I turned 57, Fate offered me the chance to retire. I could have hung on, making more money, but I looked at my Father's tombstone and hung up my gloves. That was 11 years ago, and I have not regretted my decision for one second. If you can retire, do it, or find a lifestyle that is almost like retirement and live it to the hilt. "I wish I had spent more time working," said no one on his death-bed, ever.
A Mexican fisherman goes fishing and catches 3 fish and returns to shore. He gives two fish to his wife. She sells one for the money to run their household for the day. She cooks the second fish for their dinner. The fisherman sells the third fish for beer money and spends it all at the bar with friends. A Mexican fisherman lives a good life. An American fisherman must stay at sea until he catches enough fish to sell to pay for his mortgage, his kids college fund, his car, his wife’s car, his 401 fund, etc. The American fisherman, never has enough time to enjoy with his friends at the bar and dies of a heart attack at 50. That is as close as I can remember it. Stop and smell the roses.
Funny thing is I stumbled across this video , I myself am a commercial fisherman and i enjoy my job the only times that I really haven’t is when I try to make more out of it more boats more gear more crew trying for more money all this = more stress less time with my family and a beaten on ur body , this story really is so true , yes it is important to be financially secure but u only get one life , u need to slow down and enjoy it sometimes before either u die from stressing urself out sooo much or wake up one day very old and can’t enjoy the things u waited ur life for , J Crab
It’s hard for me to be ‘the fisherman’ because I let anxiety take too much of a lead. I worry about things like getting ill and not being able to fish or my boat breaking down. That’s why I watch your videos, hoping to find balance.
I heard a folk song version of the Mexican fisherman story on the radio once, probably close to 20 years ago now, I wish I could remember the name and artist.
Humans purpose is to toil. Not professing, just observing. I appreciate the notion that a human that "has enough" is effectively flipping the switch to "death mode". Grow or die. It's not a human thing, it's a life thing. Evolution is a case in point. That which does not evolve dies, that which does is the new generation. Daily life is a reflection of this function.
@@anthonylosego Humans purpose is to Survive and Thrive. Toiling away is akin to Slavery meaning Humans aren't Thriving like they should be. we have evolved complex Brains for a reason. and that's to help us figure out and design a System where Toiling to Live isn't necessary anymore because we were smart enough to design needless activities like Toiling out of the System.
@@naturallaw1733 I agree with the ideal. Unfortunately with so so many people trying desperately to make sure they toil as a political position these days, out of observation, I'll have to return to my first observation: Humans' purpose is to toil. Now can they evolve? Sure. To the point that they do more than while the hours away inserting tab A into slot B? Some will, others won't. I've proposed the idea to some people that not too far in the future, humans will not work for any material needs they have and work will be superfluous. Typical responses are, "Then what will people do if they don't work? That will degrade society. It will be terrible." And I remind them they can do anything they want to, they just don't have to. That usually doesn't go over too well. You can almost see the panic attack working up in them at the prospect. I'm not sure humans have evolved enough to accept that kind of radical change yet. Fortunately, if it is thrust upon people, at least they don't have to worry about surviving in a traditional sense. They just need to find their own purpose that doesn't get them killed or in jail. (That shouldn't be hard right? Maybe we could create a worker zoo for people to voluntarily work in so they feel normal. Then the more evolved humans could walk around and watch them for entertainment.)
Remember, the "earn & spend, earn & spend" lifestyle is promoted by Government, Bankers, and middlemen who rely on taxes or fees from your transactions. They need you to stay on the wheel because the upkeep of the wheel makes THEM rich.
Keynesian Economics and an OCEAN of phony Fiat Currency and debt forever has RUINED AMERICANS. Every baby born here has a huge debt as soon as he sees daylight. Not going to be fixed either. BB
@@integr8er66 Of course if you are drawing 1% interest and inflation is 15% you are going in the hole 14%. I say SAVE long enough to BUY an investment that will KEEP UP with inflation (and we have inflation all of the time, I do NOT CARE what the LYING MEDIA SAYS). But you must have investments that EXCEED INFLATION. But one does need liquid cash on hand. But the SPEND and BUY ON CREDIT of the Consumer Economy is nothing less than Cultural Marxism. BB
I heard this for the first time about a week ago and it is so profound I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. What it says is so true on so many levels. Thank you for that twist on what the bible teaches. Its a great eye opener.
So, I’m 64 y o. Years ago, multiple jobs ago, we had enough. We fed ourselves, had a home, I hiked, fished, hunted, went to school and work. I tried to always do better, thus school and multiple jobs. 2006, I retired from the Army. Six weeks ago, I stopped a job that absolutely wore me out. Best money I ever made. Now, 40 years later, I work three days a week, no weekends, no holidays, no call. I can hunt, hike and fish, but I don’t feel like it. I feel old. Maybe I’ll get to feeling better. Texas
Even if you have super mansion with 10 bedroms, 10 bathrooms and milions of $ its all worth fk all if you have to work 60+ hours a week to support that and dont have time/energy to enjoy non of those things. Even a simple 3rd world fisherman is doing better and is more happy. Some people will never understand that ...
Not to mention the fact that we gain less pleasure along with it. Having a lot of wealth is awesome, but we cannot increase the amount of pleasure or happiness we derive from it. Mental wellbeing is a need, and needs have a limit :)
When I ran line haul I ran hard as I could taking extra loads. I had a nice F350 paid for , nice boat paid for , well most things paid for , but still going at it like fighting fire. One day while driving across I10 down in Louisiana I seen a little smoking , beat up pickup truck with a mom , dad , and Lil boy between them laughing like crazy. It was an old Nissan truck without a single tire that matched or was Ballanced , some ratty old fishing rods laying inside the roughest old jon boat you ever saw , all in the back of this worn out truck. But this young family was a perfect picture of happiness. Those folks made me do a lotta of thinking from then on.
I was told this story a long time ago when I was living in Cabo San Lucas, we would see the business minded gringos trying to convince the happy fishermen to do business with them. The fishermen would smile, knowing that they already had everything they needed.
Perhaps meeting in the middle will allow a person more security and therefore more freedom life is complex it’s always good to have money to help yourself and family out of a mess
108,000 is "so few"? I guess I'm dumber than a box of rocks, because I thought that was a rather good number. It takes time to grow. His wonderful videos will be seen more and more as time goes on.
One time I was in a parking lot about to go into a restaurant; across the parking lot was a guy who was noticeably on drugs while pushing a shopping cart and swinging a stick. He was shouting random phrases, mostly gibberish. One of the things he said, and something I'll never forget, was, "Never go fishing with a Mexican!". And so to this day, I have never once gone fishing with a Mexican.
I heard that story a few years ago, with the added twist at the end, with the fisherman saying, after the businessman finished his spiel with "You can retire to a small coastal village..." etc., "But senor, I already live that life--why would I want to give it up just for more money?"
I've heard this before...it really made me think. So I quit full time, went to part time and started my own side gig. I also expanded my other side gigs.
This reminds me of one of my favorite movies: “Clash of the Titans” (2010). In the very end, God (Zeus), asks Perseus, “Why don’t you want to be like a God full of powers and you insist on living like a man?”. Perseus, looking at the horizon and the beauty of nature, replies, “I have everything that I need right here.”
@@ma-tanica : The whole movie is a masterpiece. By far, most people fail to realize that from the first scene (and symbolism) to the last and from the first dialogue to the last, this movie has little or nothing to do with monsters and creatures (which I liked too). The movie is CLEARLY a complete criticism of religion, especially Christianity. The scene where the princess is about to be sacrificed, toward the end, while the people seem to cheer like maniacs, is just a mockery of religion. If you're an atheist, secular humanist or simply into into religious studies, you can clearly see through the whole background/meaning of the movie. Give it a try when you're older and pay close attention to everything, and you might like it.
"But I am already doing this now Senior" . . . Having a job is better than having a career - why? . . Because a job is a means to support your lifestyle; but a career IS a lifestyle in itself. A job allows you money and time for the things that matter, like family; but a career allows no time for anyone or anything else, because it's the ONLY thing that matters - and that's something they never, ever tell you in school.
Thank you. A friend texted me this story... from another source. Been wondering how to find that text a month ago. Then forgot about it. Viola, this popped up today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Some might see this as anti-capitalist, but as a capitalist myself, I actually entirely agree with the lesson of the story. I personally have a life goal to become the owner of a flight school, and also have my own machinist workshop (CNC, 3D printing, milling, lathes, etc.). I absolutely love piloting aircraft, and I love making things. However, I currently don't make enough money to do either of those things, so I'm doing what I also love, which is driving, to save enough money for flying lessons. Simultaneously, I'll step up my driving game to big rigs, with hazmat certification, and get some good paying local work hauling stuff for the engineering and agricultural industry. Once I have my pilot's license, I'll look into buying a plane (believe it or not, you can get perfectly good planes for under $35K). I'll open a flight school of my own, and also offer tours of the Cascade mountains and Eastern Washington. I already live a decent life, go fishing, shooting, and hunting, whenever I feel like doing so, but I don't make enough to do these things to the extent I want. I'd like to have a small power boat, but as it is, anything over $1,000 is too damn expensive. Took me over 8 months to build out my AR-15, for example. I don't even own my own car yet - my brother is letting me use one of their old cars (he thinks 2014 is an old car). So yeah, it's good to aspire to reach goals, but like in my case, I don't want jets (though that'd be really cool), don't want to start an airline, I just want to fly and make enough money doing it to keep my airplane running, and to enjoy my other hobbies to a higher capacity than where I am now. All this will take 15-20 years, but you know, that time will pass anyway, and the methods to reach my goals are things I love to do. The funny part in all of this is I was smart enough to stay away from college when I was younger with no clear goal in life. I learn on my own, and now that I have a clear goal, I'm grateful that I didn't piss away money on a stupid useless college degree, because none of what I want in life requires a college degree! I have no debt, no kids (kinda bummed by that, but women these days are awful and don't want families), a 148 I.Q., and all the time in the world. My brother went to engineering school, became a certified electrical engineer, worked for a huge engineering company, married, has 4 kids, but now works a job that doesn't require a college education. He's still about $50K in debt due to student loans, and rarely has time to do what he wants to do. Talking one night over some hard cider around a brick fire pit we built together in his back yard, he sighed and told me he's wondering if I'm the smartest of us 3 brothers. I probably am, but I said to him, "nah, you guys are smarter than me; I'm just the oldest and wisest of us," which is probably also true. Still, I envy his having a family and wealth, but he envies the freedom I have of not having a family, and my flexible work schedule. As the old saying goes, "The grass is always greener." We work together, though, and help each other out. I can give him and his wife free time by watching the kids, and they throw some money my way for doing so, or to drive the kids places. Everybody wins! Like the old saying goes, "every problem is an opportunity in disguise."
Was talking with a coworker and I let him know I was going to be taking a day off for my wife's birthday. He says "that's stupid! You're going to give up hundreds of dollars to spend the day with you wife!" I said "yes I am. By the way how is your ex-wife and kids? Have you even seen your kids lately?" I don't know for sure if he ever put the two together even to this day...
So this leaves out the obvious “saving up for retirement” or basically saving up for when you can no longer out on the boat and catch fish... I mean there’s always starvation!
@@flatearth9140 What didn't he understand? You can be dismissive, but there is an issue here about security. The opposite parable is about the hard working squirrel who saved nuts for the winter, and the (grasshopper, I think?) who didn't and had nothing when the weather got cold. The Mexican in this story is the grasshopper, and the Wall Street guy working on the treadmill is the squirrel. Same behaviors, but different parables choose to highlight different benefits in what are essentially the same life strategies.
All in the Mexican guy went good 'till one day he got a disease, the social security didn't got him his medicines and without money he never could buy them, eventually he died at age of 55. Money is not all in life but it is important.
Mind blown 🤯 thanks for this. I made my husband listen to it ... it brought to mind saying I’ve heard here in Australia - same concept.... “You should work to live, not live to work”
Funny, sitting here living that life right now. Retired at 53 with some, but no where near (what I think) is enough $. Pursuing a career in property maintenance, which is barely adda I thoroughly enjoy. First time in my adult life I am truly happy. It is possible, just saying : )
Honestly love this. I'm a musician (no way you could tell by my profile pic haha) and ngl for most of my life I was convinced that I wanted to be a millionaire, that to have the big house and flash cars livinglife as a rockstar would make me happy. In the last year and a half, my parents got divorced, I experienced a lot of loneliness living as a student in Bristol, and for 7-8 months I became an alcoholic. I have alot more trauma from my upbringing than I realise that I processed before and while getting sober, which I have been for 2 and a half months now. I almost lost my best friend to suicide two weeks ago, life is hard and being happy is a battle for a lot of people. I'm coming to realise now, I definitely don't need the money to be happy. I want to be clean from drinking, in a healthier relationship than what I saw growing up and have a great group of friends that I can trust and be open with as they can be open with me, and I want to just do what I love (music) to make enough money. Happiness is within us, much love to everyone reading ❤❤
I really enjoyed the story, the question is, how does he survive in retirement age? He would depend on his kids, which is a 50/50 chance they will take care of him. I like the life of the fisherman, but I would definitely have a small business to save for retirement.
Some people never retire and never want to. Some people love what they do. I have a friend that owns a campground, he is 82 and loves going to work and meeting people, many of the campers return every year so they become friends. He is open about six months of the year so he has six months off.
no way ....the wife took the kids and filed for divorce long ago said he worked too much and was never home ..so he married a trophy wife and was unhappy till the day he died
As a mexican, i feel offended by the fact that the mexican is drinking wine instead of tequila
Or mezcal
:D
carlos gonzalez or Caguamas 😝
"Wine" is the Mexican word for "Tequila"
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I'm glad that I'm seeing these videos while I'm a kid, so I can enjoy my life to it's fullest, instead of seeing these videos before it's too late.
Totally agree!
Eh just enjoy life the way you want, these videos shouldn't dictate you on doing things, after all it's just a TH-cam video
@@pithin3625yeah, just a yt video with a profound lesson
I saw this "parable" on a traditional Catholic website, and it immediately struck me. I was thankfully only 41 at the time, and my wife, three little girls, and I moved to Mexico where I slept in, taught English a few hours at our own school, and I took "siestas" with my bride, and played with my kiddos, and in the evening, went out to eat "cena" with my friend who owned a hamburger place ... I still do just that! "I have a very full and busy life, señores"! My pic is about three years old; I am 53, and have no stress. No debt, kids in uni now. Life's great! Thanks for sharing this story. It's a life saver! :D
I wonder how did you make enough income by just teaching a few hours.
@@FeelFree3 Schools are incredible multipliers of time. As the fisherman uses a net or multiple poles, we have multiple students per that one hour. The "hours" are not as important as the amount of students per hour. The rest of the "time" might amount to a bit more on the sidelines like marketing, etc., but that's never felt like work. Thanks for asking.
You're living the dream... lucky you.
@@williamgarcia9858 Thanks, William; and it took some hard work at the beginning, but after you get into the groove, this thing just runs by itself. 😁
@Thomas Hughes amazing and inspiring story! Thanks for sharing. I'm curious, did you have to have a teaching degree or degree period to teach? Keep living the dream my friend.
I've heard this story many times in the last few years, but this was the first in video format. Even though I know what is going to happen, it's always a good reminder for me.
knicks2030 what about getting more boats and letting others work for you ? So you have even have more free time ?
I thought about that too
@@jays0909
you will actually have Less free time because you have now acquired even more Business responsibilities that you will have to maintain.
NATURAL LAW not true if you put the right people in position and pay them well. Than you will have more free time and more financial freedom to spend your time how you like . Yes there will be times where you have to manage even your managers or handle specific things that only an owner can. But overall you realistically could have more time .
@@jays0909
probably depends on the size and type of Business you have... but most likely, your Life becomes your Business. you will always be obligated to your Business so your Life will generally be dictated by what goes on with it and not the other way around. having more free time while owning a Business is I think, just a fanciful notion most of the time. it sounds good to us so we want to believe it. and that's why it's Extremely important to Love what you do and not just do it for the Money. 😉
As a Mexican I can concur that I do walk with maracas in my hands and always refer to people as señor.
Cierto, estos way es no nos entienden.
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Wey!
I love you Mexican people. You are real, the way HUMANS should be. LOVE YOU LOVE YOU LOVE YOU
A little too detailed. We have a local version in Croatia: German tourist sees local on the beach fishing. Says, hey, you know if you sell your fish, you can buy two fishing rods.
'Why?'
So you can catch more fish.
'Why?'
So you can sell them and buy a net.
'Why?'
So you can catch even more fish!
'Why?'
So you can be rich and not have to work.
'Mister, I'm not working now!'
Typical german
so. instead of buying the fly fishing rig I got last year to go out and beat stress with, I should have bought a boat???
Then what is His job? 😂
@@skyrisesenpaiii678 he's on vacation. Works all year to come to our country for two weeks.
Knowing what's "enough" is huge. Sadly we Americans have little concept of this...love this story!
My cousin worked hard most of his life. And he was successful, getting ready to retire.
At 53--years--old, sits down one day.....drops dead of a heart attack. Hard work never hurt anybody, he used to say.
My argument is for Moderation and a job that is at least satisfying. Like the fisherman. A vocation that is an avocation.
Hard work is good for you but high stress is not! Makes a big difference. This is a great video of this long told story
@@VentureAHighway no, it's not "good for you".
i was talking to my brother once about an old farmer down the street who always had a cigarette in his mouth, and who easily lived to be 85 or so.
"no", he said, "he looked 85, he only was 63 when he died".
old generation farmer: horse and cart, never owned a tractor, probably never even driven one.
My father took stress toiled entire life & made enuff. The stress of litigation on assets he accumulated killed him. He never got to enjoy his success as holding on to his assets caused worries
Damn a big truthbomb dropped here.. I’m really grateful that I found your channel, because it could have been too late for me if I didn’t knew this simple story. I know what to do now, thank you so much!
Awesome. Good luck!
Work more and get more boats!
I appreciate this story so much. I was like that businessman and worked all the time. I thought people who value family life over work are not winners. But recently I had some setbacks at work and started reevaluate my life. I have the world’s greatest husband and parents, cute cat babies, no kids, live in a comfy place, great friends, health... It’s so unnecessary to be depressed just because work is not going well.
I never tire of hearing this story and getting motivated, especially with FIRE.
Having retired recently, I can say that my wife and I have enough. My grown kids wonder why I don’t keep working for a 6 figure income, I could have so much more. We have enough.
I'm happy for you and your fam
Congratulations!! 😇
I’m there now. Just took early retirement (teacher) because Covid had my assignment change drastically. I realized I have enough money, no debt, my kids are fine, etc. People ask why I don’t work longer but I have enough. And life is short. Life is meant to be enjoyed. Work to live, don’t live to work (unless you really love your work). I had a great career but there are so many other ways I wish to spend my time, including sleeping in late! LOL. You were able to cut through the fabric of our society that says, “more, more, always more”. Congrats and enjoy life!
This is not the Full Story /
When American businessman goes from Vacation then time flies & Government policy is changed and Government start charging $400 fee as Fishing license and $200 as Environment fee , After fishing all day they do not have time to Drink wine and playing guitar or spend time with their family...😢
Because they do not have enough money to feed their family ,they spend more time to make money so they give the government fee .... After some time their situation getting worse ,his wife has taken divorce and He is becoming helpless day by day.
If he try to make money & became rich when the American businessman said then He had more money and he will get in worse situation.
REMEMBER: EVERY HAPPINESS IN LIFE IS BECAUSE OF MONEY.😎
Well, how about do it for somebody else? You could have help so much more people. To me your reasoning is self-centered
So spend the next 25 years working hard to live the life I already live. No thank you senior.
@Julian Munoz
no the point is basically Time.... people Waste most of their Life focusing and trying to attain more(Money) when they just need to spend their Time working on having enough Now, in the Present Time. nothing is guaranteed. even those with a lot of Money can suffer Life shattering events. but the point is the little Time we have in Life to enjoy as much as we can. most people working at their jobs today wouldn't Waste that Time doing it if they had everything they needed today. so Live in the Now and don't Waste it by chasing and worrying about what the Later might bring... 🙏
mr. upcycle 🤣👍
I don't agree with either the Mexican or the Businessman.
The businessman's lifestyle was bad yeah. But the Mexican's lifestyle was bad too. He should work a bit harder to save for the future.
So you waste 25 years of your life (also the years were you are still young and fit to fully enjoy life) to have a safety net when you are old and cant even enjoy the best things in life to the fullest? I agree that you should try and be succesful but not for the money. Be succesful in something that you really want and like to do, work towards that even if it doesnt make you a millionaire.
@Julian Munoz Except money isn't going to save them from a famine, hurricane, divorce, death in the family and other stuff. Money alone can't deal with that except in very specific scenarios with specific application. Building up a huge fishing empire would actually create the very famine you're suggesting they work to build money to shield themselves from. And focusing on work over their family could result in a strained relationship causing a divorce that they never would have had with their current lifestyle. If a hurricane occurs your money isn't going to be useable unless you can actually access the bank AND anyone cares about accepting money in a hurricane situation. Which ok would help with rebuilding over time but you'd probably have much bigger issues to deal with then the size of your wallet. Death in the family? What's money going to do in that situation? It's not going to help you cope to have money. It's not going to bring anyone back.
I started living my life the way I wanted to live, the day I graduated from High School. Didn't go to College, didn't look for a house to own, didn't buy a brand new car, didn't marry, didn't had kids, didn't save money for retirement, I didn't do anything you suppose to do. At least the things everybody else is doing. I seen to many failures, unhappy faces or they loose what they work for. By not having anything you have everything. I didn't even go into debt. I'm 57 right now, done everything that I had on my bucket list. I just added one more thing and will be doing that with in the next three years. I work, rent, move and just repeat. I actually learn 6 trading skills during this time. Meaning I was able to save a ton of money. I didn't even had one substance abuse of anything as well. So money went far and wide. Earn money and had nothing to buy with it, is actually how you retire and even own a home later. I just bought my home last year, my first purchase owning a home. I payed cash of all the money I saved over those years. I still have a ton of money left, so I guess you can call that a nest egg and I still work. But as I get older my jobs get easier and less hours. Yes less money now, but I don't need that much money. Between jobs I live it up(6-9 months). Now I settle down, to take care of my parents which live 30 minutes away. I'm happy what I done and where I am today. That's what life is all about. I'm just glad I didn't get here by slaving myself.
Yes, definitely jelous and happy for you. I am definitely a slave working way too much. Hoping to change things in about 5 years. I feel like an 👽 compared to you. I am too scared to stop working or even use my vacation time. I like doing other things for sure, but can't let go of the need for stability I suppose.
You are amazing!
Beautiful story. Lesson learned : DON'T CHASE MONEY! HAVE TIME FOR EVERYTHING, HAVE FUN
My wife and kids left me because I was a Mexican who slept late, fished, hung out at night drinking with my friends ~
No wonder why they all left
as she should have
Assholes man don't mind them 🤣
Maybe her values were just more like the 'american' in the example. That is strangely ironic though.
You did all of that but never made time for your family . and the one thing you should know is that your wife needs your attention and so do your kids
This is a very good parable. My Father died at the age of 57, after a lifetime of hard work and countless hours of overtime.
When I turned 57, Fate offered me the chance to retire. I could have hung on, making more money, but I looked at my Father's tombstone and hung up my gloves.
That was 11 years ago, and I have not regretted my decision for one second.
If you can retire, do it, or find a lifestyle that is almost like retirement and live it to the hilt.
"I wish I had spent more time working," said no one on his death-bed, ever.
Wow...that is really touching. Hope I get to that point soon. 🙏
When I lived in Mexico, the Mexicans called this, the story of the three fishes.
I'm Mexican and I've never heard that story
Arturo Renteria, well now you know it. What part of Mexico are you from? I heard it more than once on the West coast in and around Lazaro Cardenas.
I first heard this story years ago. The business man was a Greek shipping magnate though.
Can you tell us the story?
(I'm assuming it's different than this video, as 3 fishes didn't come into play here)
A Mexican fisherman goes fishing and catches 3 fish and returns to shore. He gives two fish to his wife. She sells one for the money to run their household for the day. She cooks the second fish for their dinner. The fisherman sells the third fish for beer money and spends it all at the bar with friends. A Mexican fisherman lives a good life.
An American fisherman must stay at sea until he catches enough fish to sell to pay for his mortgage, his kids college fund, his car, his wife’s car, his 401 fund, etc. The American fisherman, never has enough time to enjoy with his friends at the bar and dies of a heart attack at 50.
That is as close as I can remember it.
Stop and smell the roses.
It's a good reminder during COVID crisis and thank you !
This story exemplifies the difference between knowledge and wisdom. Thank you.
I'm Mexican. And I am glad to watch the story my dad used to tell me when I was younger on a TH-cam video and in English.
This is one of the best channel I have ever seen thanks for my buddy to suggest the channel
Thank you! Hopefully you're getting valuable information :)
@@BetterThanYesterday yeah it provides me a lot information
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Funny thing is I stumbled across this video , I myself am a commercial fisherman and i enjoy my job the only times that I really haven’t is when I try to make more out of it more boats more gear more crew trying for more money all this = more stress less time with my family and a beaten on ur body , this story really is so true , yes it is important to be financially secure but u only get one life , u need to slow down and enjoy it sometimes before either u die from stressing urself out sooo much or wake up one day very old and can’t enjoy the things u waited ur life for , J Crab
Wait your name is Crab?😂
MR Crab Lol
Hey Montana ! I don’t know what body of water is over there but good luck man , from ny Staten Island
It’s hard for me to be ‘the fisherman’ because I let anxiety take too much of a lead. I worry about things like getting ill and not being able to fish or my boat breaking down. That’s why I watch your videos, hoping to find balance.
Enough is a feast. The Mexican is correct.
So when you get enough, have a feast?
What if you really want to share the largest feast in the end? Is that too much?
"I have a full and busy life senor". Loved your Mexican accent! Great narrative :)
Thank you! :)
At least in all the videos I have watched this was this first I heard you changing accent. It actually was well done for both of them!
The Liberal: He is “appropriating” the Spanish language and being insensitive to Spanish-speaking people.
Morahman7vnNo2 I was being sarcastic.
(Sorry it wasn’t obvious. haha)
Morahman7vnNo2 You may do as you wish. I am married to a Latina.
Kenny Chesney's "The Life" is one my fav songs... this story exactly... listen to it, its great!
I heard a folk song version of the Mexican fisherman story on the radio once, probably close to 20 years ago now, I wish I could remember the name and artist.
I needed to hear this tonight, thank you.
Love the ending. "I have enough, and I don't need more."
Until something changes, like you get sick or too old to fish, than you are Fckd
Humans purpose is to toil. Not professing, just observing. I appreciate the notion that a human that "has enough" is effectively flipping the switch to "death mode". Grow or die. It's not a human thing, it's a life thing. Evolution is a case in point. That which does not evolve dies, that which does is the new generation. Daily life is a reflection of this function.
Anthony Losego circulation = life stagnation = death
@@anthonylosego
Humans purpose is to Survive and Thrive. Toiling away is akin to Slavery meaning Humans aren't Thriving like they should be. we have evolved complex Brains for a reason. and that's to help us figure out and design a System where Toiling to Live isn't necessary anymore because we were smart enough to design needless activities like Toiling out of the System.
@@naturallaw1733 I agree with the ideal. Unfortunately with so so many people trying desperately to make sure they toil as a political position these days, out of observation, I'll have to return to my first observation: Humans' purpose is to toil. Now can they evolve? Sure. To the point that they do more than while the hours away inserting tab A into slot B? Some will, others won't. I've proposed the idea to some people that not too far in the future, humans will not work for any material needs they have and work will be superfluous. Typical responses are, "Then what will people do if they don't work? That will degrade society. It will be terrible." And I remind them they can do anything they want to, they just don't have to. That usually doesn't go over too well. You can almost see the panic attack working up in them at the prospect. I'm not sure humans have evolved enough to accept that kind of radical change yet. Fortunately, if it is thrust upon people, at least they don't have to worry about surviving in a traditional sense. They just need to find their own purpose that doesn't get them killed or in jail. (That shouldn't be hard right? Maybe we could create a worker zoo for people to voluntarily work in so they feel normal. Then the more evolved humans could walk around and watch them for entertainment.)
Remember, the "earn & spend, earn & spend" lifestyle is promoted by Government, Bankers, and middlemen who rely on taxes or fees from your transactions. They need you to stay on the wheel because the upkeep of the wheel makes THEM rich.
Keynesian Economics and an OCEAN of phony Fiat Currency and debt forever has RUINED AMERICANS. Every baby born here has a huge debt as soon as he sees daylight. Not going to be fixed either. BB
@@bobburnitt5389 fiat funny money is everywhere.. we are all in too deep.
@@nzmak3220 Absolutely, it is the worst scheme ever. INFLATION ALL THE TIME even during recession, Correction, Depression. BB
Nobody said earn and SPEND!!! its earn and SAVE!!
@@integr8er66 Of course if you are drawing 1% interest and inflation is 15% you are going in the hole 14%. I say SAVE long enough to BUY an investment that will KEEP UP with inflation (and we have inflation all of the time, I do NOT CARE what the LYING MEDIA SAYS). But you must have investments that EXCEED INFLATION. But one does need liquid cash on hand. But the SPEND and BUY ON CREDIT of the Consumer Economy is nothing less than Cultural Marxism. BB
Thank you buddy, for your precious videos.
I heard this for the first time about a week ago and it is so profound I haven't been able to get it out of my mind. What it says is so true on so many levels. Thank you for that twist on what the bible teaches. Its a great eye opener.
In India there is a saying
"OH GOD GIVE ME ENOUGH TO FEED MY FAMILY AND HELP THE NEEDY" but with time every body forget this
One the best prayers ever. Thank you for sharing and I will be making good use for it here in Brazil. Much love and peace for you my friend
Perfect 👍 timing to hear this story! Keep up the great work!
I remember watching this before. It's a real gem. A good lesson for everyone to learn. ✌
So, I’m 64 y o. Years ago, multiple jobs ago, we had enough. We fed ourselves, had a home, I hiked, fished, hunted, went to school and work. I tried to always do better, thus school and multiple jobs. 2006, I retired from the Army. Six weeks ago, I stopped a job that absolutely wore me out. Best money I ever made. Now, 40 years later, I work three days a week, no weekends, no holidays, no call. I can hunt, hike and fish, but I don’t feel like it. I feel old. Maybe I’ll get to feeling better. Texas
Even if you have super mansion with 10 bedroms, 10 bathrooms and milions of $ its all worth fk all if you have to work 60+ hours a week to support that and dont have time/energy to enjoy non of those things. Even a simple 3rd world fisherman is doing better and is more happy. Some people will never understand that ...
susza89 that’s what ppl don’t realize. To make millions you work 60-70hrs a week no vacation.
exacto
yes people easily forget all the Time they have to Waste in their lives trying to accumulate all this Shit. 😏
Nick Shipman lol
This is the opposite attitude of CEO's and accomplished people,Work Hard play hard man
Not to mention the fact that we gain less pleasure along with it. Having a lot of wealth is awesome, but we cannot increase the amount of pleasure or happiness we derive from it. Mental wellbeing is a need, and needs have a limit :)
Also it's easier to do things like travel when you are young
I love this story, I used to tell it all the time, thanks for reminding me of it.
Love this message. Thank you 😊.
I like the version where the American realized what he said to the fisherman. Next day , he is relaxing with the Mexican
When I ran line haul I ran hard as I could taking extra loads. I had a nice F350 paid for , nice boat paid for , well most things paid for , but still going at it like fighting fire. One day while driving across I10 down in Louisiana I seen a little smoking , beat up pickup truck with a mom , dad , and Lil boy between them laughing like crazy. It was an old Nissan truck without a single tire that matched or was Ballanced , some ratty old fishing rods laying inside the roughest old jon boat you ever saw , all in the back of this worn out truck. But this young family was a perfect picture of happiness. Those folks made me do a lotta of thinking from then on.
I really love your channel. Every single thing about it wonderful and the stories truly make my day better. Thanks for that!
I needed that story . Make me feel good about my life.
I was told this story a long time ago when I was living in Cabo San Lucas, we would see the business minded gringos trying to convince the happy fishermen to do business with them. The fishermen would smile, knowing that they already had everything they needed.
Why are you putting on a Mexican accent when you read the part of the Mexican if you already have an accent and already sound like a Mexican 🤔
ayayay that was showing your inner racist XD
Because everyone thinks they speak perfect english
He's exaggerating his accent by pretending he doesn't know how to pronounce letters he does, to show a difference between both characters.
Rocky Lion What?? So all Mexicans sound exactly the same? Take down the Rocky picture. You bring dishonor.
Its called effect
Oh yes, I always love this story!
Love this video. The message within reflects my sentiments completely. I don't envy the folks chasing riches. I am happy and content to have enough!
Perhaps meeting in the middle will allow a person more security and therefore more freedom life is complex it’s always good to have money to help yourself and family out of a mess
This video is good.
Security is an illusion everything in this world can be take away from you in the blink of an eye
If feel sad when I see such a good channel has so less subscribers.
No need to feel bad! I'm glad you enjoy my videos :)
believe me he will have more subscribers
I agree! I don't understand it!
This channel has been steadily growing for awhile now. Don't feel sad, it's heading in the right direction!
108,000 is "so few"? I guess I'm dumber than a box of rocks, because I thought that was a rather good number. It takes time to grow. His wonderful videos will be seen more and more as time goes on.
Loved that story, thank you. needed that
Yes, so true. Have a good, quality life as much as to can.
One time I was in a parking lot about to go into a restaurant; across the parking lot was a guy who was noticeably on drugs while pushing a shopping cart and swinging a stick. He was shouting random phrases, mostly gibberish. One of the things he said, and something I'll never forget, was, "Never go fishing with a Mexican!". And so to this day, I have never once gone fishing with a Mexican.
I love the Mexican with his sombrero, poncho, maracas and his “señor.”
The maracas aren't mexican. Is disney mexican.
Just as well it isn't a stereotype!!
Amen!!! I DO have enough today!! 😊❤️💚
Great story.. with a great message. Thank you!
I heard that story a few years ago, with the added twist at the end, with the fisherman saying, after the businessman finished his spiel with "You can retire to a small coastal village..." etc., "But senor, I already live that life--why would I want to give it up just for more money?"
That "twist" is clearly implied and would prevent the viewer from coming to that conclusion on their own - taking away from the story.
"Canastitas en serie", bruno traven, is a good story too.
Amazing to see this on your channel, big fan!
I've heard this before...it really made me think. So I quit full time, went to part time and started my own side gig. I also expanded my other side gigs.
This reminds me of one of my favorite movies: “Clash of the Titans” (2010). In the very end, God (Zeus), asks Perseus, “Why don’t you want to be like a God full of powers and you insist on living like a man?”. Perseus, looking at the horizon and the beauty of nature, replies, “I have everything that I need right here.”
But the rest of the movie is so bad..
@@ma-tanica : The whole movie is a masterpiece. By far, most people fail to realize that from the first scene (and symbolism) to the last and from the first dialogue to the last, this movie has little or nothing to do with monsters and creatures (which I liked too). The movie is CLEARLY a complete criticism of religion, especially Christianity. The scene where the princess is about to be sacrificed, toward the end, while the people seem to cheer like maniacs, is just a mockery of religion. If you're an atheist, secular humanist or simply into into religious studies, you can clearly see through the whole background/meaning of the movie. Give it a try when you're older and pay close attention to everything, and you might like it.
No one on their death bed ever said my main regret is I didn't spend more hours at the office.
I have known ALOT of people who were in their death bed and were still worried about what was going on at the office. Very sad. A job is just work.
I'm quite happy where I work :D. I just hate the dumb mask deal...
Loveeee this story!
Dude I couldn’t pay attention to the story that well with that Mexican accent, I was laughing too hard 😂😂
This story is told in many ways, the last time I heard it it was a beach bum and a beach and soaking up sun on the beach.
"But I am already doing this now Senior" . . . Having a job is better than having a career - why? . . Because a job is a means to support your lifestyle; but a career IS a lifestyle in itself. A job allows you money and time for the things that matter, like family; but a career allows no time for anyone or anything else, because it's the ONLY thing that matters - and that's something they never, ever tell you in school.
I agree to an extent. It all depends on how you manage your career. A career is just a fancy word for a job with alot of responsibility.
Job= Work that pays X amount. Career= Chosen profession, with goals in mind. Whatever route you take, it's about time management.
That's the best video I've ever saw! That's exactly what I'm thinking since a long time. Thanks for the video 👍
Thank you. A friend texted me this story... from another source. Been wondering how to find that text a month ago. Then forgot about it. Viola, this popped up today. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Some might see this as anti-capitalist, but as a capitalist myself, I actually entirely agree with the lesson of the story.
I personally have a life goal to become the owner of a flight school, and also have my own machinist workshop (CNC, 3D printing, milling, lathes, etc.). I absolutely love piloting aircraft, and I love making things. However, I currently don't make enough money to do either of those things, so I'm doing what I also love, which is driving, to save enough money for flying lessons. Simultaneously, I'll step up my driving game to big rigs, with hazmat certification, and get some good paying local work hauling stuff for the engineering and agricultural industry. Once I have my pilot's license, I'll look into buying a plane (believe it or not, you can get perfectly good planes for under $35K). I'll open a flight school of my own, and also offer tours of the Cascade mountains and Eastern Washington.
I already live a decent life, go fishing, shooting, and hunting, whenever I feel like doing so, but I don't make enough to do these things to the extent I want. I'd like to have a small power boat, but as it is, anything over $1,000 is too damn expensive. Took me over 8 months to build out my AR-15, for example. I don't even own my own car yet - my brother is letting me use one of their old cars (he thinks 2014 is an old car).
So yeah, it's good to aspire to reach goals, but like in my case, I don't want jets (though that'd be really cool), don't want to start an airline, I just want to fly and make enough money doing it to keep my airplane running, and to enjoy my other hobbies to a higher capacity than where I am now.
All this will take 15-20 years, but you know, that time will pass anyway, and the methods to reach my goals are things I love to do. The funny part in all of this is I was smart enough to stay away from college when I was younger with no clear goal in life. I learn on my own, and now that I have a clear goal, I'm grateful that I didn't piss away money on a stupid useless college degree, because none of what I want in life requires a college degree! I have no debt, no kids (kinda bummed by that, but women these days are awful and don't want families), a 148 I.Q., and all the time in the world.
My brother went to engineering school, became a certified electrical engineer, worked for a huge engineering company, married, has 4 kids, but now works a job that doesn't require a college education. He's still about $50K in debt due to student loans, and rarely has time to do what he wants to do. Talking one night over some hard cider around a brick fire pit we built together in his back yard, he sighed and told me he's wondering if I'm the smartest of us 3 brothers. I probably am, but I said to him, "nah, you guys are smarter than me; I'm just the oldest and wisest of us," which is probably also true.
Still, I envy his having a family and wealth, but he envies the freedom I have of not having a family, and my flexible work schedule. As the old saying goes, "The grass is always greener."
We work together, though, and help each other out. I can give him and his wife free time by watching the kids, and they throw some money my way for doing so, or to drive the kids places. Everybody wins!
Like the old saying goes, "every problem is an opportunity in disguise."
Very smart man! 👍some good info right here folks :)
Was talking with a coworker and I let him know I was going to be taking a day off for my wife's birthday.
He says "that's stupid! You're going to give up hundreds of dollars to spend the day with you wife!"
I said "yes I am. By the way how is your ex-wife and kids? Have you even seen your kids lately?"
I don't know for sure if he ever put the two together even to this day...
So very true. Live life now. Tomorrow is not promised. We need so much less than we think. Contentment is a great gift. I thank God for it
Thank you youtube for recommending me this channel
So this leaves out the obvious “saving up for retirement” or basically saving up for when you can no longer out on the boat and catch fish... I mean there’s always starvation!
THERES ALWAYS ONE WHO DONT UNDERSTAND !!
@@flatearth9140 What didn't he understand? You can be dismissive, but there is an issue here about security. The opposite parable is about the hard working squirrel who saved nuts for the winter, and the (grasshopper, I think?) who didn't and had nothing when the weather got cold. The Mexican in this story is the grasshopper, and the Wall Street guy working on the treadmill is the squirrel. Same behaviors, but different parables choose to highlight different benefits in what are essentially the same life strategies.
@@publiusvelocitor4668 WRONG!!!
@@flatearth9140 What part is wrong?
@@publiusvelocitor4668 YOUR SIMPLIFIED EXAMPLE OF A WAY MORE COMPLICATED SITUATION !!
You may save humanity with your videos :)
Excellent video! Great advice for everyone. Thank you.
Your videos always exead my expectations, and I learn something new.
All in the Mexican guy went good 'till one day he got a disease, the social security didn't got him his medicines and without money he never could buy them, eventually he died at age of 55. Money is not all in life but it is important.
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is why our oceans are having the life literally sucked out of them.
Good job, “American Businessman.”
Mind blown 🤯 thanks for this. I made my husband listen to it ... it brought to mind saying I’ve heard here in Australia - same concept....
“You should work to live, not live to work”
Best story ever! And so true...
Good job and thanks for share
Money and greed, what a fantastic combo. I'll take less money for less stress any day.
Funny, sitting here living that life right now. Retired at 53 with some, but no where near (what I think) is enough $. Pursuing a career in property maintenance, which is barely adda I thoroughly enjoy. First time in my adult life I am truly happy. It is possible, just saying : )
I heard this story before. It is good to refresh it. Thanks
This is the best comparison of growth (business man) vs prosperity (fisherman). Bravo, sir. 😊
Honestly love this. I'm a musician (no way you could tell by my profile pic haha) and ngl for most of my life I was convinced that I wanted to be a millionaire, that to have the big house and flash cars livinglife as a rockstar would make me happy. In the last year and a half, my parents got divorced, I experienced a lot of loneliness living as a student in Bristol, and for 7-8 months I became an alcoholic. I have alot more trauma from my upbringing than I realise that I processed before and while getting sober, which I have been for 2 and a half months now. I almost lost my best friend to suicide two weeks ago, life is hard and being happy is a battle for a lot of people. I'm coming to realise now, I definitely don't need the money to be happy. I want to be clean from drinking, in a healthier relationship than what I saw growing up and have a great group of friends that I can trust and be open with as they can be open with me, and I want to just do what I love (music) to make enough money. Happiness is within us, much love to everyone reading ❤❤
Thanks for sharing your story. Wishing you the best in your life!
@@leikufu thank you friend!! ❤️❤️
I totally get it; however, this does not take into account funding education for our offspring, nor medical expenses as we age.
In my opinion, both of those institutions in the USA are as bloated and wasteful as the worldview of the businessman...more money and less effective.
With such an unstressful lifestyle, there probably isn't much need for medicine and you can teach your kids to fish, read, and do arithmetic.
Kids can get a damn job and pay for their own school. Parent s are idiots paying for what kids are capable of doing for themselves.
Great, insightful story! Thank you for sharing this!
Great lesson here. Congrats on your channel growing so fast by the way!
I thought I was the only one I thought this way
I use your video to improve my english listening. Xin cảm ơn
Gotta' love it. Work more to someday acquire what you can have now. Good lesson.
This is great🙌🏻🔥🔥
I really enjoyed the story, the question is, how does he survive in retirement age? He would depend on his kids, which is a 50/50 chance they will take care of him. I like the life of the fisherman, but I would definitely have a small business to save for retirement.
Educando a la Familia - Considering his low stress lifestyle, he doesn’t need to retire. He will likely fish until the day he dies peacefully.
Some people never retire and never want to. Some people love what they do. I have a friend that owns a campground, he is 82 and loves going to work and meeting people, many of the campers return every year so they become friends. He is open about six months of the year so he has six months off.
@@justintegtmeier Yes, it could happen.
@@Norm475 Thanks for the real-life example. That motivates me to keep working on what I am passionate about.
It depends on the culture. In some cultures your children are guaranteed to take care of you
I have to admit. I kind of saw the ending coming.
I subscribed because of your accent, I'd love to hear you tell the stories everyday
I really loved this, even though I'm not mexican or american anyone can love and learn how to have enough.
Vejo muitos que teem algum dinheiro infelizes ou esperando a oportunidade de terem mais para que possam ser mais....
LOL I like how he still has kids after 25 years.
And you know in that scenario they will be all over his money, too.
no way ....the wife took the kids and filed for divorce long ago said he worked too much and was never home ..so he married a trophy wife and was unhappy till the day he died
I needed this right now 👍⛅🌞
I love this story hadn't heard it in awhile thanks