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Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money. ~Cree Indian Proverb

Tuesday, 1 January 2013

Survivor Investing Part II

The method of Survivor Investing

   Once upon a time in a village a man appeared who announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for $10. The villagers seeing that there were many monkeys went out in the forest and started catching them. The man bought thousands at $10 and as supply started to diminish and villagers started to stop their effort, he announced that now he would buy at $20.This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching moneys again. Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The price was increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so scarce that it was difficult to spot a monkey let alone catch one. 

    The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business his assistant would now buy on behalf of the man.  In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers, "Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when the man comes back you can sell it to him for $50."

    The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys.Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere!
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4 comments:

  1. MYventura3 January 2013 at 22:57

    LOL... a smart assistant and learn fast.

    Makes me pondering should a boss hire someone smarter than him or not so smart, stupid type as downline?
    it's a challenging task for management.

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    1. Bailout4 January 2013 at 07:08

      The assistant in the storytelling is conspired with his boss to cheat ppl. The master mind of the scheme is the BOSS. -if you didnt get that :)p

      In life close to you, I would suggest to take opportunity to insinuate to your assistant that WHO IS IN POWER! Learn from your superior. They are there because they've played a beautiful trick! (well... to certain extend, it is truth)

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    2. MYventura5 January 2013 at 23:11

      3:) , >.< the assistant will learn the tricks and start the game himself, then become competitor.
      In general, involved trust - u believe that person can help u, greed - people always not satisfied, always expect more.

      Good point in your 2nd para. In life, just be alert on our surrounding, sharks everywhere!! big fish eats small fish!! Once beaten, u'll forever remember it.
      Learn the good/worth for ourself, throw the bad ones or habits.

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    3. Bailout5 January 2013 at 23:50

      So you empathise the boss to have a competitor after all both are crook? Save the "trust" thing for other story.... :)p

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