The Shark and the Goldfish: Positive Ways to Thrive During Waves of Change

A Shark School for Goldfish

Gordy opened his shark school and made it his mission to help other fish. He decided that if he truly believed the ocean was a place of abundance it was his duty to help others realize there was more food available for everyone. He also believed that the more you give the more you receive. It was a law of the ocean.

On the first official day of shark school, only 10 students showed up. Gordy taught them that the ocean is not your enemy, but your friend. He taught them that it is a place of abundance, not scarcity. He told them that in his school they would learn how to transform adversity into a wave of prosperity and he wrote a few important lessons on a big rock board:

The fish were amazed at his teachings and they went back to their families, friends, and communities and told everyone what they had learned. The following day hundreds of new students arrived at the shark school and Gordy taught them everything he knew. He taught the bottom feeders how to take initiative, he taught the naysayers to be more positive, he taught the octopus how to focus, and he taught everyone how to think and act like a shark. He wrote more lessons on the rock board: