An excerpt from 4 hour work week

An American businessman took a vacation to a small coastal Mexican village on doctors orders. Unable to sleep after an urgent phone call from the office the first morning, he walked out to the pier to clear his head. A small boat with just one fisherman had docked, and inside the boat were several large tuna. The american complimented the Mexican on the quality of the fish.
"'How long did it take for you to catch them ? the American asked.

Only a little while

Why dont you stay out longer and catch more fish

I have enough to support my family and give a few to friends

But.... W'hat do you do with the rest of your time

I sleep late fish a little play with my children take a siesta with my wife Julia and stroll into the village each evening where i sip wine and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life senor.

Sir Im a Harvard MBA  and can help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat.I no yime you could buy bigger boats with larger hauls .Ebentually you will have a fleet of fishing boats

Instead of selling your catch to the middleman you would sell directly to the customers eventually opening your own cannery You would control the product processing and distribution.You would need to leave this small coastal village and move to Mexico city or Los angeles where you could run the expanding enterprise with proper management.

But senor how long will all this take ?

15-20 years. 25 tops

But what then senor?

Thats the best part, when the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich.You would make millions

Millions senor? Then what?

Then you would retire and move to a small coastal village where you could sleep late ,fish a little, play with your children,take a siesta with your wife , and stroll into the village in th'e evenings where you can play guitar with 'your amig'os............oh wait