More Than Money - What Is "The Good Life" Parable

[joesoap292]

that hit the spot



[mrkidneyshot55]

It's called being content

[NeuronAzzazin]

Look for a YOUTUBE donwloader application..

[noelz14]

Love the background music! Someone please help me out with it?

[MarkAlbion57]

@noelz14 Original music done by Free Range Studios for me for this video.

[noelz14]

@MarkAlbion57 thanks! do u know where is it available for download?

[993770243]

This is a little silly. In 15 years he'd be having the good life plus a million dollars that he could donate to feed hungry people or whatever else would feel fulfilling to him. Not that he has to do all that the business man says, but he acts as though it should not be important to have that money. Plus, doesn't that man think he might make the business man feel like he's wasted his life and that this fisherman's life is more peaceful and better than his?

[ctomster]

Toup sent me here =]

[MarkAlbion57]

I wrote and published this nearly 20 years ago. However, when we researched it for the book in 2009, we found a very similar story in German written in 1961 which we site in the book. And apparently, this is an archetypal story that appears in various form in ancient Russian and Buddhist literature. The video is a modern adaptation of my story in the 1990s which appears in various forms on over 100,000 websites, a 1961 story and ancient lore.

[TexianChick]

The essence of this meaningful tale is ripped off from a parable I heard many years ago.......business man sees a native islander lounging in a hammock, and describes how the man can get ahead and ultimately retire to what he already has. Boo, Mitch.

[mygoldberg]

Mr business man where was the village ??



[informationwarfare]

I love this video

[OnTheBeads]

Beautiful video!

[PetersonSulib]

the best things in life are for free

[govlover]

This story should shame the Banksters and all who make their means at the detriment of others.

What a beautiful and true perspective!

[ole9421]

Bravo! Couldn't have said it better.

[transneural]

so... "why bother?"... would be the lesson?...

[jamel11234]

All republicans should see this video

[TDP788]

this really hit home for me...thanks

[KingKarl04]

THIS IS AWESOME!

:)

[Ann199040]

wise~~

[amzlyn1]

This was a great video. It would be great to show to children, too. Thank you so much for posting this

[MarkAlbion57]

Yes, it is intended to help parents and children discuss important issues of what is success in life, what is the role of community, spirituality, friendship and service to the "good" life.

[doap321]

the music kinda reels you in. the combination is perfect

[whatthefuck4567]

more then money but not in this whore of a society

[redandover60]

The message is good and if you take nothing else from it, it points out the selfishness and pointlessness of greed without conscience. We all have too much stuff we don't need, I saved really hard year and year for my retirement and what have I got? My husband is dead and I know I was happier when I was really skint bringing up three children on my own after their father left. I had genuine people around me then...

[Agent12Smith]

Sounds great, but what about financial security in retirement, health insurance, life insurance, a nice house, nice cars, college tuition for his kids, etc., etc.

There are reasons the simple life is sounds great...and that so many people strive for more...no right or wrong here. It's all about balance

[MarkAlbion57]

Absolutely. The point of the story is to make you take a step back and think, independently, about what success means to you rather than to swallow a certain definition whole without thought or personal principles and values.

[ServingSuccess]

@Agent12Smith I was just reminded of this video and Mark's great work. How I have used his message and book -- both in my life and business -- is as a way to remind me that as I strive for all the stuff I want, never forget all I already have in the love I have developed. It does not stop me from striving -- I just strive with greater awareness

[seomoz]

yeah the global warming will kill all these fishes so that man got no fishes to catch and he will die in pain instead of having money and giving his kids an easy life.

[Melanchomin]

Wow this was pretty unexpected and soo heart-warming for some reason ^_^

[pintoimmobilier]

Has no sense all this.

Before this age, ALL PEOPLE lived a simple life!

But they had needs, that without money couldn't satisfy!

for this, appeared ''business schools'', and MBA , and schools of exellence etc.

to make people more competitive in their work, to avoid errors, and to make them MORE RICH.

so... why people have to return back in a ''simple life'', when they paid thousands of dollars to form themselves in ''make money'' courses?

lol

[pintoimmobilier]

Lol. then why the author and all CEO don't give up and go fish or making a ''simple life''?

The question is:

How do the video continue?

at the start, the mba said that he was in the fishing village for ''some days''. then? The author returned in his city, and became a stressed ceo of a multinational company with an all-time ringing phone, a beautiful secretary/lover and living his life at 100% with a mountain of money.

[TheImpasse]

I would feel bored with a life like that of the fishermen, honestly

[tjmac7]

i dont think this is a recruitment video for fishermen.

[MarkAlbion57]

Not at all. I could never be the/a fisherman :) But I can use the film to reflect on what is important to me and others in our lives, and to not get caught up in someone else's idea of what makes for a successful, a good, life.

[mysam2008]

Read this it really works!!!!!!!!!!!!! put your hands on your chest both hands and think of a crush or bf..tomorrow they will kiss u say the love u or ask u out but here is the catch put this message on five other videos for good luck

[sunchangkai]

what the world is gonna be if every one thinks like the fishman? i don't know, maybe life would be much simpler.

[sherlockfury]

'Office Space'. What would you do if you had a million dollars. And like the main character of the movie I don't have an answer. I would spend time with my family and do charity work. This won't help me find a "fitting" job, because If I didn't need money I would never require it in my profession. The things I enjoy doing are hobbies, and I don't enjoy any of them enough to choose them as a profession. I guess I'll just take this vid to say "value is in the eye of the beholder"

[ptbach87]

another side of view ^^

[Daveyy10101010]

Very nice

[MarkAlbion57]

The movie's intent is not to glorify the fisherman or demonize the MBA (me!). It is meant to show two value systems and as done in the More Than Money book, give you a multi-dimensional way of measuring success, in which you choose what works for you. In fact, in the teaching note for the film, I mention that I could NEVER be the fisherman. I'd go nuts! But the point is self-awareness: how do you measure success and are you spending your life energy aligned with that.

[TXJewelJ]

Very nice! I liked it alot.

It is good to do just that. Without criticising either one. I guess the one you relate to the most is the one you should be. (of course more than a fisherman or MBA) Thanks for sharing this.

[joylujan]

How can I show this video on my blog?

[EndowmentEthics]

mark--love it!!! : )

[MarkAlbion57]

much thanks!

[ShawnaSG]

Beautiful!

[MarkAlbion57]

reuben de luna of Free Range Studios did those beautiful water colors.

thank you, mark

[sylvesterson]

Mark you've done it very well.

[MarkAlbion57]

much thanks!

[nalood100]

This is sentimentality of the worse sort - an advertisement to get you to buy a book. If you want the simple life, get off youtube and give away your computer (and your pension, and your health insurance, etc)

[MarkAlbion57]

Why are you so cynical? Did you know that we are in the midst of giving away 54,550 PDFs of the book to MBAs at 75 business schools as they have asked for the book the past 8 years? Is that another advertisement to buy a book?

[df544]

The only thing is is that the fisherman never got a taste of wealth.

Once you get a taste of wealth (or an education) you can never go back to living a simple life.

This parable ends the way it does because it is not real.

The only men who go back are men like Buddha or St. Francis of Asisi (Jesus Christ was always poor).

[MarkAlbion57]

I must pleasantly disagree, both from my personal experience, and also because the person I based my story on, mostly because of his partner, had given up quite a bit of wealth "abroad" to live in this manner. You may be right in the "majority," but I think there's a significant minority that may disagree :).

[Adnan1084]

dont you get it? The fisherman already has all the things he would acquire after becoming a millionaire, meaning it doesn't matter if he has a large bank account, happiness and satisfaction is there without loosing the 10-15 years of business development.

[tjmac7]

you forgot Ghandi.

[MarkAlbion57]

If you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day.

If you teach him how to fish, you feed him for ...

But what we want to do is change the fishing industry :)

[quiethand]

Kudos for first, sharing how the blind pursuit of wealth is an empty prospect. Now please, connect the dots to resource depletion and the externalities ignored by virtually every MBA program in the world, and take responsibility for preserving the option for future fisherman to even exist.

There remains now only the shell of a fishing "industry" precisely because what they teach you in school is flawed to the core: complete ignorance of the importance of scale. And that is the lie untold here.

[quiethand]

Without making that connection Mark, all you do is direct that flow of intellect and passion toward whatever the new MBA decides is his own little corner of paradise to distort and basically, destroy. And along with it goes the ability for true craftsman like this gentleman, to carry forward tradition.

If we aren't giving back more than we take, nothing can be sustained, and if it isn't sustainable, it's suicidal - for our souls, or our planet and all - including us, that are reliant upon it.

[informationwarfare]

@df544 I think anyone can go back if they really want to.

[mariasison]

Thank you so much for such a simple yet so beautiful story. I needed this right now and this was sent to me at a perfect time. The little things .....and the joy they bring..... to living a good life. :)

[dpmars]

I'm a Harvard MBA too (I think I started right when Professor Albion left). I wish I had read this book when I first graduated in 1987. So many of my peers chose to earn the big bucks first, and then make a difference later with charity, but I don't think all of them are happy with their choice. I know I wasn't. I finally made the big career change at 50, but I wish I'd made it in my 30s instead. I wasted 15-20 years of my life. Read MORE THAN MONEY so you won't make the same mistake I did.

[jvnsva]

This is a beautiful story and a beautiful piece of film-making.

[jvnsva]

Love this video!

[MarkAlbion57]

I produced this movie with Free Range Studios, based on a story I wrote over a decade ago, after returning from scuba diving on Salt Cay, an island of only 70 people. I thought, what would the MBA in me want to do with Ollie (and Debbie)'s dive operation. The story went viral, with no one knowing who wrote it. I'd love to hear what you think of the film. And please do spread it around. It comes from my new career book for MBAs - and others - More Than Money: Questions Every MBA Needs to Answer.