Enjoy your life at every moment (Nilai Kepuasan)

Once a fisherman was sitting near seashore, under the shadow of a tree smoking his beedi. Suddenly a rich businessman passing by approached him and enquired as to why he was sitting under a tree smoking and not working. To this the poor fisherman replied that he had caught enough fishes for the day.

Hearing this the rich man got angry and said: Why don’t you catch more fishes instead of sitting in shadow wasting your time?
Fisherman asked: What would I do by catching more fishes?
Businessman: You could catch more fishes, sell them and earn more money, and buy a bigger boat.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could go fishing in deep waters and catch even more fishes and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could buy many boats and employ many people to work for you and earn even more money.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could become a rich businessman like me.
Fisherman: What would I do then?
Businessman: You could then enjoy your life peacefully.
Fisherman: What do you think I’m doing right now?

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Usahawan kaya dari kota terkejut menjumpai nelayan di pantai sedang berbaring bermalas-malasan di samping perahunya sambil mengisap rokok.

"Mengapa engkau tidak pergi menangkap ikan?" tanya usahawan kaya itu.
"Karena ikan yang kutanggap telah menghasilkan cukup uang untuk makan hari ini," jawab si nelayan.

"Mengapa tidak kautanggap lebih banyak lagi daripada yang kau perlukan?" tanya usahawan.
"Untuk apa?" nelayan balas bertanya.

"Engkau dapat mengumpulkan uang lebih banyak," jawabnya. "Dengan uang itu engkau dapat membeli motor tempel, sehingga engkau dapat melaut lebih jauh dan menangkap ikan lebih banyak.
Kemudian engkau mempunyai cukup banyak uang untuk membeli pukat nilon. Itu akan menghasilkan ikan lebih banyak lagi.
Nah, segera uangmu cukup untuk membeli dua kapal ... bahkan mungkin sejumlah kapal. Lalu kau pun akan menjadi kaya seperti aku."

"Selanjutnya aku mesti berbuat apa?" tanya si nelayan.

"Selanjutnya kau dapat beristirahat dan menikmati hidup," kata si usahawan.

"Menurut pendapatmu, sekarang ini aku sedang berbuat apa?" kata si nelayan puas.