Ship Archives - Darryn Van Hout Darryn Van Hout - Tech, IT, Communication & Business Process Automation Mon, 22 Dec 2025 02:18:45 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://darryn.vanhout.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/cropped-DVH_favicon-150x150.png Ship Archives - Darryn Van Hout 32 32 The Repair Man Story – Why Experts Get Paid More https://darryn.vanhout.com.au/2019/02/28/the-repair-man-story-why-experts-get-paid-more/ https://darryn.vanhout.com.au/2019/02/28/the-repair-man-story-why-experts-get-paid-more/#respond Thu, 28 Feb 2019 05:17:38 +0000 https://darryn.vanhout.com.au/?p=732 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!

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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. 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, he immediately went 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. 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 him 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 itemised bill.

The man sent a bill that read:

Tapping with a hammer………………….. $ 2.00

Knowing where to tap…………………….. $ 9,998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!

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