How Anyone Can Build a pipeline Of

Pipeline Dreams in a Bucket-Carrying World 
Years passed. Pablo and Bruno had long since 
retired. Their worldwide pipeline business was still 
pumping millions of dollars a year into their bank 
accounts. Sometimes on their trips through the 
countryside, Pablo and Bruno would pass young 
men carrying water buckets. 
The childhood friends would pull over land tell the 
young men their story and offer to help them build 
their own pipeline. A few would listen and jump at 
the opportunity to start a pipeline business. But 
sadly, most bucket carriers would hastily dismiss 
the notion of a pipeline. Pablo and Bruno heard the 
same excuses over and over. 
“I don’t have the time.” 
“My friend told me he knew a friend of a friend 
who tried to build a pipeline and failed.” 
“Only the ones who get in early make money on 
pipelines.” 
“I’ve carried buckets all my life. I’ll stick with 
what I know.” 
“I know some people who lost money in a pipeline 
scam. Not me.” 
It made Pablo and Bruno sad that so many people 
lacked vision. 
But both men resigned themselves to the fact that 
they lived in a bucket-carrying world…and that 
only a small percentage of people dared to dream 
pipeline dreams. 

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PART 1 
We Live in a 
Bucket-Carrying World 

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13 
LESSON ONE 
Who Are You – a 
Bucket Carrier? 
Or a Pipeline Builder? 
 
W
ho are you?…A bucket carrier? Or a pipeline 
builder? 
Do you get paid only when you show up and do the 
work, like Bruno the Bucket Carrier? 
Or do you do the work once and then get paid over 
and over again, like Pablo the Pipeline Builder? 
If you’re like most people, you’re working the 
bucket-carrying plan. I call it the “Time-for-Money 
Trap.” You know the drill: 
“Bruno, I have a plan,” Pablo said the next 
morning as they grabbed their buckets and 
headed for the river. “Instead of lugging 
buckets back and forth for pennies a day, let’s 
build a pipeline from the river to the village.” 
Bruno stopped dead in his tracks. 
“A Pipeline! Whoever heard of such a 
thing?!!”
Bruno shouted. 
___ from 
The Parable of the Pipeline
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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One hour’s work equals one hour’s pay. 
One month’s work equals one month’s pay.
One year’s work equals one year’s pay. 
Sound familiar?