This is a commentary on Eddie Obeng's January 6th Blog post. The original post is here: http://imagineafish.blogspot.com/ . He talks about the old proverb "Give a man a fish and he feeds for a day. Teach a man to fish and he feeds for a lifetime." There are two main points. One - the pace of change in the world is too fast to be able to effectively teach/i.e. the old methods are obsolete or plain don't work. "Teach a man how to teach others to fish and you feed the village and then the world." which is on the surface in contradiction with the first point. Then, he ends the post with the advice "IMAGINE A FISH." I didn't understand what he was trying to say until I thought about the last point for a while.
There are several things that can be learned from the last point, and they tie the first two together.
1) It meets a basic need - everybody has to eat.
2) The ongoing cost of fishing is very low.
3) It requires very little capital investment to get started.
4) A fishing license is inexpensive; not required in all areas.
5) Fishing is fun and a great way to learn to be a better fisherman.
That's very interesting - these five points answer the questions put forth in Eddie's book "Money Making Machine":
1. How much does it bring in/over what time period?
2. How much does it cost/over what time period?
3. How much is the initial investment to get started/including lead time?
4. Must I do it?/Am I allowed to do it?
5. Is it fun and will I learn anything?
And then it occurred to me - you could use these five questions to evaluate or compare almost anything - very powerful!
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