There's an old story about a European man who was visiting an island. One day he saw an indigenous man lounging underneath a coconut tree, eating a coconut.
"Why don't you get out from under that tree," he said, "and make something of yourself? Bad enough you sit around all day, but you're not contributing to society. Why don't you get up for once? Gather some of the coconuts, put them in a basket, and sell them to visitors on the island."
The man looked at him quizzically. "For what?" he asked.
"Well," explained the European. "When you sell enough coconuts, you can get rid of your basket and buy a cart."
"For what?" asked the man.
