Episode 6
The Crow and the Pitcher | Series 8.6
"Little by little, a little becomes a lot...plus compounding interest!" - paraphrasing a Tanzanian proverb
- You get your first 401(k) statement that you threw a couple pebbles into and it essentially says you know, "well thanks for playing, but you still have pretty much nothing", right? (02:19)
- And the great thing, unlike the crow with his little pebbles, the pebbles that we're using those amounts grow on themselves. (02:46)
- Every dollar that you put in grows on the next dollar and the next dollar. So every pebble, when you do it, is going to raise the water up faster to the surface than the one before it. (02:53)
Quote for the episode: "If you were wanting to retire tomorrow, it probably wouldn't matter if you threw in a couple more pebbles. It really wouldn't. If you're retiring 30 years from now though, it certainly does matter a lot." (03:29)
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Transcript
Welcome to the Enjoy More 30s Family Finance
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Joseph Okaly:Hello, and welcome once again to the Enjoy More 30s
Joseph Okaly:Family Finance podcast, Our series that we're working on
Joseph Okaly:right now is The Financial Parables of Your Life. Each
Joseph Okaly:week, I'm sharing with you what will probably be a story that
Joseph Okaly:you've heard of before that you're familiar with. But it's
Joseph Okaly:going to be somewhat altered. It's going to be altered to help
Joseph Okaly:teach not just a life lesson, but a financial life lesson,
Joseph Okaly:because stories are just easier to remember. So we're going to
Joseph Okaly:use that to try to help us remember some of these key
Joseph Okaly:concepts.
Joseph Okaly:As always, before I begin, please share and like please
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Joseph Okaly:out there that I can that are probably just like you.
Joseph Okaly:So today, please join me for our story, The Crow and the Pitcher.
Joseph Okaly:In a spell of dry weather, when the birds could find very little
Joseph Okaly:to drink, a thirsty crow found a pitcher with a little water in
Joseph Okaly:it. But the pitcher was high and had a narrow neck and no matter
Joseph Okaly:how he tried, the crow could not reach the water. The poor thing
Joseph Okaly:felt as if he must die of thirst. Then an idea came to him
Joseph Okaly:picking up some small pebbles, he dropped them into the
Joseph Okaly:pitcher, one by one. With each pebble, the water rose a little
Joseph Okaly:bit higher, and a little bit higher, until at last it was
Joseph Okaly:near enough so that he could drink.
Joseph Okaly:So something as small as a pebble, just a little tiny
Joseph Okaly:pebble, when it's combined together with lots of other
Joseph Okaly:little things, other small pebbles, it can help you achieve
Joseph Okaly:what you want to achieve. And not just something small, like
Joseph Okaly:taking a drink, but really large goals as well. And when you're
Joseph Okaly:young, it may feel almost like a waste of time maybe putting that
Joseph Okaly:pebble into the pitcher. It probably feels like you're
Joseph Okaly:putting a pebble into probably more like a swimming pool when
Joseph Okaly:you're young. I mean, it's just a pebble, right? It's just a
Joseph Okaly:pebble for crying out loud! You get your first 401(k) statement
Joseph Okaly:that you threw a couple pebbles into and it essentially says you
Joseph Okaly:know, "well thanks for playing, but you still have pretty much
Joseph Okaly:nothing", right? So who cares? Why should I even waste my time
Joseph Okaly:with this? When you put that small amount away though, and
Joseph Okaly:you keep doing it month after month after month, year after
Joseph Okaly:year, it will build up. It will fill that pitcher and now you
Joseph Okaly:can get what you're wanting to achieve. And the great thing,
Joseph Okaly:unlike the crow with his little pebbles, the pebbles that we're
Joseph Okaly:using those amounts grow on themselves. Every dollar that
Joseph Okaly:you put in grows on the next dollar and the next dollar. So
Joseph Okaly:every pebble, when you do it, is going to raise the water up
Joseph Okaly:faster to the surface than the one before it. Every pebble is
Joseph Okaly:more like a little sponge. It's slowly expanding more and more
Joseph Okaly:over time more and more rapidly filling it up. Then if you can
Joseph Okaly:save a little bit more put in a little bigger pebble, you can
Joseph Okaly:save maybe $200 instead of $100. $250 per month instead of $200
Joseph Okaly:per month. It's going to add up more and more over time. If you
Joseph Okaly:were wanting to retire tomorrow, it probably wouldn't matter if
Joseph Okaly:you threw in a couple more pebbles. It really wouldn't. If
Joseph Okaly:you're retiring 30 years from now though, it certainly does
Joseph Okaly:matter a lot.
Joseph Okaly:So thanks for tuning in today and join us for next week's
Joseph Okaly:story, The Empty Boat. I hope you enjoyed today's story.
Joseph Okaly:Please remember to leave those reviews and share for others.
Joseph Okaly:And if you need any help, don't hesitate in reaching out. I
Joseph Okaly:probably have helped someone just like you. Until next week.
Joseph Okaly:Thanks for tuning in today and joining me here and I look
Joseph Okaly:forward to connecting with you again soon.
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