WHERE TO TAP
Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He nspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
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. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer ........................ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ............................ $ 9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.
From India, Delhi
5Ever heard the story of the giant ship engine that failed? The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a youngster. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He nspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.
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. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away. The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!"
So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."
The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer ........................ $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ............................ $ 9998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.
From India, Delhi
Hi Anita,
Ur Story Summarises the story of many who work hard.However they forget that working at the right time & at the right place would reap them benefits.Instead of knowing that they become frustated, and stop working hard.
So the mantra is not to Work hard, but knwing when & where to work hard.
Nice Story Anita.Keep Posting.
Ravi.
From India, Vijayawada
Ur Story Summarises the story of many who work hard.However they forget that working at the right time & at the right place would reap them benefits.Instead of knowing that they become frustated, and stop working hard.
So the mantra is not to Work hard, but knwing when & where to work hard.
Nice Story Anita.Keep Posting.
Ravi.
From India, Vijayawada
hey anita
very very educating story. i have really seen ppl who work very hard but at the end of the day their hard work bears no results. i have sent this short story to all of those. maybe after reading this, they may expect a sea change in their results.
thx a ton
rahul
From India, Delhi
very very educating story. i have really seen ppl who work very hard but at the end of the day their hard work bears no results. i have sent this short story to all of those. maybe after reading this, they may expect a sea change in their results.
thx a ton
rahul
From India, Delhi
Hi, Thats a marvelous story.I keep on telling my juniours "DONT WORK HARD,WORK SMART' Cheers Maranga-Kenya
its true. everybody should be a smart worker rather than hard worker.But few situations come where we have to do hard work. in the remaining situations everybody should try to work smart.
From India, Hyderabad
From India, Hyderabad
Anita
Its really a short story but moral is has lots of meaning.
Ravi you have pointed out good "the mantra is not to Work hard, but knwing when & where to work hard".
While having on work everybody has to be proactive knowing when & where to do. there are no of person who are working very hardly with full dedication still dont get recognition, & those who work very less get recognition.
Need to know how work smartly.
Thanks
Ankita
From India, Jaipur
Its really a short story but moral is has lots of meaning.
Ravi you have pointed out good "the mantra is not to Work hard, but knwing when & where to work hard".
While having on work everybody has to be proactive knowing when & where to do. there are no of person who are working very hardly with full dedication still dont get recognition, & those who work very less get recognition.
Need to know how work smartly.
Thanks
Ankita
From India, Jaipur
hi, really we should work smart rather hard.. good contribution. keep posting regards, nidhi
From India, Jaipur
From India, Jaipur
Hey Anita That was really an amazing story.... Tells you the difference between working hard and working smart. Regards Richa
From India, New Delhi
From India, New Delhi
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