An old mechanic was called in to repair a giant ship engine that none of the other experts could fix. He inspected the engine carefully and then tapped it with a small hammer, instantly starting it. When the owners received a bill for $10,000 they questioned the amount, but the mechanic's itemized bill showed that while the tap was $2, the knowledge of where to tap was worth $9,998. The moral is that putting in the right effort, with knowledge, makes all the difference.
An old mechanic was called in to repair a giant ship engine that none of the other experts could fix. He inspected the engine carefully and then tapped it with a small hammer, instantly starting it. When the owners received a bill for $10,000 they questioned the amount, but the mechanic's itemized bill showed that while the tap was $2, the knowledge of where to tap was worth $9,998. The moral is that putting in the right effort, with knowledge, makes all the difference.
An old mechanic was called in to repair a giant ship engine that none of the other experts could fix. He inspected the engine carefully and then tapped it with a small hammer, instantly starting it. When the owners received a bill for $10,000 they questioned the amount, but the mechanic's itemized bill showed that while the tap was $2, the knowledge of where to tap was worth $9,998. The moral is that putting in the right effort, with knowledge, makes all the difference.
A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine.
Put Right Efforts...
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived,
Put Right Efforts...
He immediately went to work.
He inspected the engine very
carefully, top to bottom.
Put Right Efforts...
Two of the ship's owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer.
Put Right Efforts...
He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life.
He carefully put his hammer away.
The engine was fixed!
Put Right Efforts...
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars. "What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
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So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Put Right Efforts...
Tapping with a hammer...... ......... ........ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap.......... .......$
9, 998.00
Put Right Efforts...
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes