Guest guest Posted September 12, 2004 Report Share Posted September 12, 2004 Very interesting... They say that in one town a group of people have fun with the so-called 'village idiot', a poor man of small intelligence who lives by begging. Daily they call the fool to the bar where they meet and offer him to chose between two coins, a big one for R$400 and a smaller one for R$2000. He always choses the bigger coin of lower value, which is a motive for laughs all round. One day, one of the members of the group called him and asked if he still hadn't realised that the bigger coin had less value. 'I know', responded the not-so-foolish fool, 'it is five times less, but the day that I chose the other the joke will end and I won't get any more coins from you.' We can derive various conclusions from this small narrative: 1. Who seems an idiot not always is. 2. Who were the real fools in the story? 3. If you are too greedy you can ruin your financial fonte. The most interesting conclusion is that we can be very well, even when others don't have a good opinion of us. What is important is not what others think of us, but who we really are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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