Pura Vida Nostr friends.

In seemingly chaotic times, the parable of the investment banker and the fisherman is a good reminder that we all create our own lens of the world.

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I love that!

I love that parable. Funny thing, I have heard dozen versions of it in my travels, but the message is timeless and universal.

For this reason I just purchased 200 acres in Costa Rica... Not to IPO.

200 ⚡for you purchase.

Thank you 🧡 hoping to start farming and living the bitcoin standard very soon. Next up, a road and electricity so we can get a building permit for a home and barn. 😅

So amazing... sounds like a good start to a new and self sustainable life!

I'm on the spiritually, working everyday to make it real.

Something to be said for contentedness.

PV 🤝🤙🫂💪

Thanks for sharing Jeff.

I hope people realize the small fishing village doesn't have to be literal. The important thing is to do the things you enjoy and spend the time with family and friends. The small fishing village takes many forms when not chasing the rat race of empire building.

50 ⚡ for you

🤙🏼⚡️

As a former deck hand and long time sushi chef now (10+ years) this one always made me smile 😊

The older I get the more I realize it really is the simple pleasures in life

I love this, Jeff. Thanks for the reminder 😉👊

Love it, Jeff. Great reminder that it’s not money that buys happiness. Happiness buys happiness.

💯

Respect to Jeff Booth I heard about this lost on your podcast interview on “what is money” with Robert Breedlove and found the list on a post you made at linked in and copied them below.

This is From Jeff Booth 2019:

1) Am I putting thought into action? - Pretty self explanatory but amazing how easy it is without a simple reminder to think about the things you want and then do nothing. (Action changes this. Even if you don't have all the answers, your learning increases as a by-product of that action)

2) Am I setting new and interesting goals? - There is no stasis. We are either growing or dying. Without new and interesting goals we easily become bored and start going backwards.

3) Am I visualizing my goals? - Making your goals more vivid and real allows your subconscious to work on your goals and to recognize the needed resources needed to achieve your dreams.

4) Am I stretching my comfort zone? - We naturally narrow what we are comfortable with over time - telling ourselves stories that we are not good at that or could never do that. Stretching your comfort zone is when you do things that put you into an uncomfortable state - where most of the learning and fun starts.

5) Am I happy with what I have? - Gratitude!! One of the most important things in living a full life. I remember a specific trip while travelling through Indonesia and Nepal in the late 1990's where it felt like I met some of the happiest people on the planet - who also lived with next to nothing. Want success? - Truly celebrate success in others and give gratitude for all the things you already have.

6) Am I filling my mind with positive self talk? - 99% of our time is spent inside our own heads, telling stories about ourselves and others. Want to exponentially increase how you show up in life? - start by making sure the stories inside your own head are good ones.

7) Am I being a positive force for others? - It is our impact on other people that truly counts our lives. Asking a question every day that forces you to think about your impact on others is a sure way to increase your positive impact.

8) Are my actions the same as my values? - We have all met people who say one thing - do another, which is the ultimate in hypocrisy. Asking this question every day ensures you are not one of them. It allows you to make the "harder right" decisions versus the "easier wrong"

9) Am I staying in balance? - While there may never be perfect balance - the question forces a deeper question of why you choose to do the things you do. That deeper question allows you to understand your choices. For example: I have too often seen executives convince themselves that they are "doing it for their family" when the thing their family cares about most is their time - Only to realize when it is too late. Want to know what you value - look at your calendar. It does not lie.

10) Am I focused and persistent? - Learning anything takes time and commitment. Even these 10 questions - which have led to much more learnings than I could ever list in an article - took a dedication to actually doing them over years to achieve the cummunlative benefit from them.

Hope they are helpful to you as they have been to me

This is From Jeff Booth 2019:

1) Am I putting thought into action? - Pretty self explanatory but amazing how easy it is without a simple reminder to think about the things you want and then do nothing. (Action changes this. Even if you don't have all the answers, your learning increases as a by-product of that action)

2) Am I setting new and interesting goals? - There is no stasis. We are either growing or dying. Without new and interesting goals we easily become bored and start going backwards.

3) Am I visualizing my goals? - Making your goals more vivid and real allows your subconscious to work on your goals and to recognize the needed resources needed to achieve your dreams.

4) Am I stretching my comfort zone? - We naturally narrow what we are comfortable with over time - telling ourselves stories that we are not good at that or could never do that. Stretching your comfort zone is when you do things that put you into an uncomfortable state - where most of the learning and fun starts.

5) Am I happy with what I have? - Gratitude!! One of the most important things in living a full life. I remember a specific trip while travelling through Indonesia and Nepal in the late 1990's where it felt like I met some of the happiest people on the planet - who also lived with next to nothing. Want success? - Truly celebrate success in others and give gratitude for all the things you already have.

6) Am I filling my mind with positive self talk? - 99% of our time is spent inside our own heads, telling stories about ourselves and others. Want to exponentially increase how you show up in life? - start by making sure the stories inside your own head are good ones.

7) Am I being a positive force for others? - It is our impact on other people that truly counts our lives. Asking a question every day that forces you to think about your impact on others is a sure way to increase your positive impact.

8) Are my actions the same as my values? - We have all met people who say one thing - do another, which is the ultimate in hypocrisy. Asking this question every day ensures you are not one of them. It allows you to make the "harder right" decisions versus the "easier wrong"

9) Am I staying in balance? - While there may never be perfect balance - the question forces a deeper question of why you choose to do the things you do. That deeper question allows you to understand your choices. For example: I have too often seen executives convince themselves that they are "doing it for their family" when the thing their family cares about most is their time - Only to realize when it is too late. Want to know what you value - look at your calendar. It does not lie.

10) Am I focused and persistent? - Learning anything takes time and commitment. Even these 10 questions - which have led to much more learnings than I could ever list in an article - took a dedication to actually doing them over years to achieve the cummunlative benefit from them.

Hope they are helpful to you as they have been to me

Glad they were helpful. Still ask myself those questions every day and have for over 30 years.

Just bookmarked, thank you! Do you use this every AM?

Each morning when I wake up and each night before I sleep.

Thanks for the reply! How long does it take? I’m often scatterbrained and see this as maybe a 30 minute thing?

Less than a minute.

How do you bookmark?

Click the send to button and then save to reading list. Not BM’d in app

100 ⚡to our happiness!

That’s what it’s all about! Time :)

"Live local" philosophy is what we are aiming and what we should get more easiliy...

This is great!

Hi jeff, nice parabole, however IMHO, the problem with that story is that he is not alone....

If someone else takes that path hr will struggle to find any tuna left and he will end up working for the fishing company.

So good 💜

One of my favorites.

Damnit Jeff, there you go wrecking the American Dream. WTF did I become a doctor for if not to toil away for years paying off debts to eventually retire in a Caribbean village with a dive shop?

🤯

Love this!!

One of my absolute favorites!

Fisherman’s life = pura vida! 🤙🏼

One of my favorites.

What a great story! 👍

I love this one

Thanks jeff

Fantastic story. Didn't know this one.

Did someone just visit Costa Rica? That’s the first time i ever heard of Pura Vida.

This parable was one of the most influential things I ever read when I was younger.

50 ⚡ for that!

Love this parable. Clarity of intention on the life we’re creating and how we’re spending our time. ☮️

Thanks Jeff.

Excellent read, puts the bigger picture into perspective

Moral of the story us you can't win at life just surround your with the people things and experiences you enjoy and love

You beat the final boss.! 50 ⚡

Have always loved this parable 🤝

Neat story. Puts a lot of things in perspective. Begin with the end in mind.

Always one of my faves. I think of it often. 🤙🧡

Such a poignant reminder. I found it very emotional.

beautiful parable Jeff.

thanks for sharing it and for your wisdom.

loving Nostr!

100 Sat zap for you sir

I lost everything in a very bad relationship. Home, money and access to my child included... spent 5 years living and being completely alone.

I learned this lesson. Today I have full custody of my Child and am involved with the woman of my dreams...

I can speak to this personally .

PV

You had me until the last paragraph. 😆 No one will move back to a small village to fish after they have made it.

So true

Heard this story 15 or 20 years ago and said “why not.” Been more or less living towards the fisherman’s simple aims since then.

Great to come across this again. Usually a sign to not lose sight of what matters when life does this.