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The Fisherman and the Little Fish | Series 8.9
Episode 911th July 2022 • Enjoy More 30s: Family Finance • Joseph P. Okaly
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Don't wait! Catch those small fish and watch them grow "in your own pond"!

  • Just like how small fish grow over time to be big fish, seemingly small amounts of money can grow substantially over time as well. (02:08)
  • Putting that fish into your own personal pond to grow would be like the first step in building wealth. (02:34)
  • Or a 401(k) plan at work that may match what you put in up to a certain percent. So you throw in a fish and you get one free. (03:23)

Quote for the episode: "Grab those little fish, those small fish, they may not seem too important right now, and put them into your ponds when you're young and watch them grow." (03:37)

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Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s Family Finance

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podcast. The only podcast dedicated to making life more

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enjoyable for young families by hitting on the financial topics

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that tend to weigh on us, stress us out, and distract our focus

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from simply enjoying life.

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Hello, and welcome once again to the Enjoy More 30s

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Family Finance podcast, and our series that we're working our

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way through here The Financial Parables of Your Life. As you

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are probably accustomed to by now each week and every week, I

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am sharing what may be a somewhat altered version of a

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story, a fable, a parable that you're already familiar with

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because stories are just a better way to learn. They're a

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better way to remember information, so let's use them

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for our financial advantage too. As always, before I begin,

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please share please like please leave reviews. I'd really really

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love to reach and help as many young families as I can out

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there just like you.

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So today please join me for our story, The Fishermen and the

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Little Fish. A poor fisherman who lived on the fish he caught,

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had bad luck one day and caught nothing but a very small fry.

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The fisherman was about to put it in his basket when the little

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fish said, "Please spare me Mr. Fisherman. I am so small, it is

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not worthwhile to carry me home. When I am bigger, I shall make

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you a much better meal." "That is true", said the fisherman

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with a smile as he slipped him into his bag nonetheless. Not

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too long after the fish felt himself slipped back into the

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water though. "Ha!" said the fish to himself, "That fool

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won't ever see me again." What the fish did not realize is that

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the fisherman slipped him into a small pond by his house, where

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the small fish could grow into a much larger future meal for the

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clever fisherman.

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Just like how small fish grow over time to be big fish,

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seemingly small amounts of money can grow substantially over time

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as well. If the fishermen simply eating the small fish would be

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like we many times do in just spending or consuming the money

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we have and throwing that fish back would be like saying "Eh,

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you know, I'll think about saving more when I'm older. Put

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him back in the water." Putting that fish into your own personal

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pond to grow would be like the first step in building wealth.

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The really cool thing here though, is that there are a lot

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of different types of ponds that we can choose from. We can use a

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general investment account that we can touch at any time pond.

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Something that I often refer to as an intermediate term or

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buffer type of an account. So it's sitting between your bank

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and your retirement accounts. This would be for goals like a

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house in 5 years, a second house in 10 years down the road,

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whatever it might be. We also have ponds, like traditional

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IRAs that give us a tax deduction. Another even smaller

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fish, if you will, in the form of a tax refund that you're

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gonna get to throw into the pond with it. Or a Roth IRA pond that

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grows completely tax free. Or a 401(k) plan at work that may

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match what you put in up to a certain percent. So you throw in

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a fish and you get one free. What's better than that? So

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overall, don't wait until you can start catching big fish.

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Grab those little fish, those small fish they may not seem too

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important right now, and put them into your ponds when you're

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young and watch them grow.

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Thanks for tuning in today and join us for next week's story,

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The Wild Boar and the Fox. I hope you enjoyed today's story.

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Please remember to review and share for others and if you need

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any help, don't hesitate and reaching out. I probably have

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helped someone just like you. Until next week. Thanks for

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joining me today and I look forward to connecting with you

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again soon.

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The conversations on this show are

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Joe's opinions and provided for general information purposes

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only. They do not constitute accounting, legal, tax, or other

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professional advice for your specific situation. You should

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always seek appropriate advice from a financial advisor,

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accountant, lawyer, or other professional before acting upon

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any content or information found here first. Joe is affiliated

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with New Horizons Wealth Management LLC, a branch office

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of TFS Securities, Inc., and TFS Advisory Services an SEC

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Registered Investment Advisor, Member FINRA/SIPC.

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