How to catch a goat?

How to catch a goat was the theme of the speaker today. Memphis Han told us a detailed story of yachting with friends and what it means to yacht.

I have never had an inside view of the fascinating world yachting until today. “Why does someone chase the cheese”? What is it that drives an already wealthy person to become wealthier? How does one man take a company to create 10 million dollars in profit and taking the money and cashing out; and what makes a man create that same 10 million and in turn sow his earnings back into the company to make more with for him and those others involved.

The answer to this riddle can be summed up in this brief story of goat catching. One afternoon, three men who came to a small island anchored their yacht and decided to camp in this small town of only 15 townspeople. These three men, as darkness was setting, managed to set up camp for the night to sleep so they would be well rested for the day of exploring at sunrise.

Their day had begun with an early hike to awaken the mind and body. When returning to camp, the men agreed that they were hungry and needed much food. While coming to port the previous day, one gentleman remarked that it should be their plan to catch goats and to make a bbq for the entire town. So on this day as planned, the three men agreed that they would catch the go to prepare for the evenings feast.

In this small town their were many goats to catch, even though being a small town with wild goats; these three men felt it best to secure permission from the owner of these goats, knowing that these goats have not always been wild goats.

There inquires led them to a small man who gave them the permission they were seeking, and offered his luck, and saying that these are wild goats and will act as wild goats do.

So setting off into the afternoon, off and away to were these goats graze, these three men realized that there were so many goats, and so few of them. They must strategize and come up with a working plan to capture these wild goats. After a few moments of thought, they concluded that they would corner the goats, and once corned, they would cast the nets about their goat and voila!

This plan was of no avail, the three men failed after many attempts to seize the wild goats. In every direction the goats would scatter until they were too far out of reach to be netted.

The idea behind chasing goats and money isn’t in the actual catching the goal, the reward lies in the chase. The gain and satisfaction is truly enjoyed and appreciated through the challenge of the hunt.