Thread: CATCHING FISH IN A JAR

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Catching Fish In A Jar

When I was between eleven and twelve years old I decided one bright sunny day that it would be fun to go fishing. I didn't have any fishing gear and I had never done much fishing other than to play on the stream banks while my father fished. I also didn't want to "hurt" the fish I just wanted to catch them and then let them go.
I looked around the house for what I could use and I found a washed out old mayonnaise jar. You know the old style jars with the big open "mouth". I walked to a nearby pond and put the jar down in the soft dust-like mud of the water's edge with the open "mouth" of the jar facing toward the center. I then stirred the waters a little and made them cloudy so that the fish would have trouble seeing me. Then I waited hovering over the jar. Gradually, cautiously a small fish would swim up to the clear jar to investigate the disturbance and when it swam into the jar I dropped my hand into the water and over the jar mouth. I caught a fish, then another.
I just let them all go and returned my jar to the cupboard. Then I decided to use wire "box trap" to go fishing and rigged a string to the door. This way I could drop the trap in the water and not have to "hover over" it like I did with the jar. I sat very relaxed on the bank of the pond and sure enough I caught a fair sized bluegill. I took it home in a water filled plastic waste basket to show my dad and afterward returned it to the pond.
When I told people about how I had caught the fish they just paused and laughed nervously. You see unlike these people, I didn't know that you couldn't catch fish in a jar. If I would have asked them they would have scoffed and said, "You can't catch fish in a jar or a box trap!" No one in my life had ever dreamed of telling me that so my belief system did not contain these words or the impact that they would have had on my "day of fishing". Only a free minded kid could come up with an idea of using a jar or a box trap to catch fish! No one had told me that this was impossible so I just used what I was familiar with and what I had available and I succeeded.
Maybe today finds you facing a situation that seems impossible. You have a desire but no visible way of bringing it into being. You may need to find that "kid" inside you who thinks "outside the box" and the normal ways of achieving things and let him or her catch that fish in a jar! See your situation from a different angle. Start looking at the resources that you already have and the things that you are already familiar with. A fresh perspective and a childlike sense of wonder may surprise you and there's no telling what you will come up with!

good stuff.....makes me hungry...but also makes me want to start knocking out some crap ive had sitting on my desk for a while

I believe in this 100%, thank you for sharing, when we started this community no one thought we have a chance, no one gave us a chance but we just didnt listen and put in the hard work. 11k members later, we are everything we dreamt of being. Sometimes you just have to throw caution to the wind and go after what you want with all the tools you got.

"Nothing ventured is nothing gained." I've never been much of a business risk taker. In the past year, I've taken more business risks than ever before in my 14 year career. I'm having more fun and living more of an enriched life.

Now I have an article to look forward to on Friday's!

good read....i always believe in fresh perspectives. thanks.

Originally Posted by james.roark@indoff

"Nothing ventured is nothing gained." I've never been much of a business risk taker. In the past year, I've taken more business risks than ever before in my 14 year career. I'm having more fun and living more of an enriched life.

Now I have an article to look forward to on Friday's!

"Nothing ventured is nothing gained." I love that quote. I love the story too, thanks guys.

Love it man, thanks. When I was a freshmen in College I wanted to visit all the tuning shops in Japan but didnt have any cash. I figured that since JDM parts were worth so much here, I could buy them in Japan and sell them for a profit here. Pitched the idea to my dad and sure enough he loaned me the money to pay for my trip. Packed 3 days worth of clothes for a 2 week trip and used the rest of the room for car parts on my return. After paying my dad back for the trip and everything was said and done, I made $500 bucks and got the trip to Japan I always wanted

Originally Posted by james.roark@indoff

"Nothing ventured is nothing gained." I've never been much of a business risk taker. In the past year, I've taken more business risks than ever before in my 14 year career. I'm having more fun and living more of an enriched life.

Now I have an article to look forward to on Friday's!

I am glad everyone is enjoying this story. Yes Jamie Friday is fun learning day thru stories here.

great read! I feel as if Entrepreneurs have to think outside the box and "crazy" because that is how new ideas/innovations are developed.

Originally Posted by eXpensiveGears

great read! I feel as if Entrepreneurs have to think outside the box and "crazy" because that is how new ideas/innovations are developed.

Nicely stated !