After all, once you have $50M it's more than you can spend so it makes little sense to spend the rest of your life trying to grow it to $500M, but that's the only yardstick they know. Give these people something else to aspire to and who knows what might happen.

And trying to grow a $50M business creates jobs so that other people can earn a living instead of trying to obtain a hand out from the government.

You know, Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.

Or, if you prefer:

The Improvements

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you will not have to listen to his incessant whining about how hungry he is.”—Author unknown

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you can sell him fishing equipment.”—Author unknown

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to use the Net and he won't bother you for weeks.”—Author unknown

“Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Unless he doesn't like sushi—then you also have to teach him to cook.”—Auren Hoffman, Herald Philosopher

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish, and he will sit in the boat and drink beer all day.”—OldFox

“Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to sell fish and he eats steak.”—Author unknown

Teach a man to fish, and though he's fed for life, he'll call you a miser for not giving him your fish.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Give a man religion and he will starve to death praying for a fish

Teach a man to fish and if him still come for handout, you better feed him to the fish.