index

• About authors
• Characters
• Fish philosophy
• Story line
• 4 cornerstone of fish
• Inspirational learnings
• Why to recommend this
book
• Summary
 ABOUT AUTHORS

• He is a filmmaker
• Professional speaker
• He run’s a corporate membership
seminar at
institute for management studies.
• Some books under his name:
Top performers
Made to stick Stephen C. Lundin
Cats
Fish tales
Fish for life
Fish sticks
 Cont…

• Senior vice president with

the Ken Blanchard Company.
• He lives in California.
• Some books under his name:
Good to be great
Fish tales HARRY PAUL
Fish for life
Fish sticks
Cont….

• An award winning filmmaker lives in

Minneapolis.
• He is now CEO of Chart House Learning
Corporation.
• Leading producer of corporate learning films,
including Fish.
• Some books under his names:
Boyhood faith
Can I be successful
The master of success
Fish tales
Fish for life
Fish sticks John Christensen
 CHARACTERS

LOONIE- MARY JANE- Working as DAN-

Fish manager at production Passionate,
monger. department of 1st Guarantee energetic.
Financials.

PIKE PLACE FISH BILL- manager at 3rd

MARKET- Full of floor of zombie “ the
passion, A controlled toxic energy dump”
mad house.
 Fish philosophy

“Fish is a parable, an invented story about

finding the deep source of energy creativity
and passion that exists inside each of us
by learning to love what we do,even if at
the moment we may not be doing exactly
what we love”
Story line
Cont..

• Mary Jane and Dan

found a Job .
• Both were excited and
happy with their job.
• Sudden death of Dan.
• Marry jane developed a
great reputation in
company.
• Later she got
promotion to 3rd floor
in few days.
CONT…

• 3RD FLOOR was like

TOXIC ENERGY DUMP.
• As it was the group
every one loved to
hate.
• It was full of negative
energy.
• She got very upset.
• Suddenly she saw pike
place fish market
CONT..

• She met lonnie (one

of the fish guy).
• Later she got
friendly with him.
• Then she share her
problems related to
Toxic Energy Dump.
CONT..

• Lonnie tried to help

her with the help of
pike place fish
market.
• Marry jane benefited
from lonnie’s idea.
• Then she slowly
started implementing
it on her workplace.
Cont…
• Firstly her staff
members were not
ready to accept it.
• She gave an
assignment to make a
visit to that place.
• Some of the staff
memebers try to
negotiate with fish
mongers.
• It resulted into good
learning experience,
which changed their
perception.
CONT..

• It resulted into good

learning experience,
which changed their
perception
• They realised
importance of their
work.
• Started working
hard along with Mary
jane, for proving
others wrong.
CONT..

• Lastly they became

successful in
converting the name
called “Toxic Energy
Dump” into “Good,
Enthusiastic & Fun
Loving“ work place.
• In the end, Mary
jane won best
chairwomen’s award.
4 Corner-stones of FISH
• Be present
• Make their day
• Choose your attitude
• Play
 Be Present

“ The past is history

The Future is a mystery
Today is a gift
That is why
We call it the present.”
 Make Their Day
“ Focusing your attention
on ways to make
another person’s day provides
a constant flow of
Positive feelings.”
 Choose your Attitude

“There is always a choice about

the way you do your work,
even if there is not
a choice about the work itself.”
 CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE

Frowning face- disinterested, Smiling face- energetic, supportive,

bitter vital, creative, caring
 play

Have fun while you work

Happy people treat others well
Fun leads to creativity.
Having good time is healthy
Work becomes a reward and not just a way to
rewards.
Have good time in respectful manner
 Inspirational learnings

• Love your work

• Don’t underestimate others
potential
• Be innovative
• Positive attitude towards job
• Make choices of your own
• Be present
• Offer a fun perk
• Choose to make today a great
day.
• Stay focused
 WHY TO RECOMMEND THIS BOOK...

• Helps to change the

attitude.
• Learning from anything.
• Nothing is impossible.
• Motivate people to take
pride in what they do.
• Constant flow of positive
feelings.
 conclusion

A brief simple but elegant

book
an eye opener for those who
believe, “work is serious lets
have no fooling around”
It is a book – not just about
business but about LIFE.
It conveys the 4 most powerful
principles that form the
bedrock of a successful
company.