A giant ship was making its way in the Pacific when its engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure out how to fix the engine.
Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young boy. He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately set to work. He inspected 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 and 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, can make all the difference.
Perspective
“You don’t get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour.”
- Jim Rohn
“Where to Tap“, brings to our attention a critical component in an otherwise well accepted philosophy, rather crisply. It tells us that, “where” we put efforts to achieve our objectives, is as important or perhaps a shade more important than “what”. So, we must never overlook this aspect in our endeavour to pursue our goals coz it might just make all the difference.
As Elbert Hubbard said, “Folks who never do any more than they get paid for, never get paid for any more than they do.”
We also need to make a visible impact by our efforts and make our point such that there is no room for debate about why we deserve the acknowledgement we claim. Otherwise, we may end up with only $ 2 instead of the $ 10,000, for our efforts!!
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