Two men born together get the equal experience in life through out, yet they have different levels of achievement in their career. Why does it happen so? In a nut shell the difference comes only how do they make use of the experience gained in life. The story of a failed giant ship engine describes this effectively.
Long back a ship fully loaded with goods had trouble when its engine failed suddenly. Engineers on the board made all efforts to trouble shoot the problem, but could not start the engine. Ship’s owners called one expert after the others from city, but no one could figure out how to fix the engine.
At the advise of someone they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young man. When he came he carried a large bag of tools with him. After reaching, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very care fully, top to bottom. Listened to the noise by tapping with hand. Gathered information from the people who were there when it went off.
Two of the owners were there watching him with the hope that he would know what to do and were ready to pay any price to get the solution.
After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly the engine lurched into the life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed. He went back saying that “Please make the payment as soon as you receive the bill.”
A week later , the owners received a bill from the old man for 10,000 dollars. The owners, who saw the old man working exclaimed. He hardly do anything!. So they wrote back the old man a note saying, “Please send us an itemized bill.”
The man sent the bill that read
Knowing where to tap : $ 9,998.00
Moral of the Story : Effort is important. But knowing where to put an effort makes all the difference
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