Fiji, summed up

This morning I met up with some business folk for our return meeting for 2010. Dressed in ultra casual wear, Fiji style. Sandals and all I told them all where I've been.

Then I heard the story that summed up Fiji for me. One of the guys asked, "You ever heard of the Fijian fisherman?"

Everyone replied "No" as if you say "go on".

A Fijian man laid down, resting in a hammock with a fishing line hanging off his finger heading out to the sea, when a businessman who was visiting saw him and was curious about what he was doing.

As he got closer he realised the Fijian was fishing. The businessman asked the Fijian, "What are you doing?"

The Fijian man replied "Fishing".

The businessman said "You can't just sit here all day and fish.... you've gotta get out there, make some money. Get a net, catch lots of fish, make more money, buy a boat, catch more fish, make more money, hire a crew and get them to run the boat, catch all the fish and make more money. Then you can sit here and fish all day."

The Fijian man looked at the businessman and said "But I'm fishing all day now without doing all that stuff."