Brilliant story - Experience & Skill Counts

⚫ Brilliant story ⚫

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 the old man for Rs.10,000.

"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.. . Rs. 2/-

Knowing where to tap... Rs 9,998/-

Moral of the story:

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life, makes all the difference.
"Life doesn't change in ONE MINUTE, but taking decision after thinking for ONE MINUTE can change life."

Rolls Royce cars and King Jai Singh

Rolls Royce cars used for transportation of City's waste in India by King Jai Singh

One day during his visit to London, King Jai Singh was walking in a casual dress in Bond Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and went inside to inquire about the Price and Features etc of their cars.

Considering him as just another Poor Indian citizen, the showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, King Jai Singh came back to his Hotel room and asked his servants to call the showroom and say that the King of #Alwar_city is interested in purchasing a few of their Cars.

After a few hours the King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. When he reached the showroom there was already a red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the six cars that they had at the showroom at that time and paid the full amount including the delivery costs.

After reaching India, the King ordered the municipal department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting the city’s waste. The World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of the City’s waste. The news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of the Rolls Royce Company was down the drain.

Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people would laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”

Due to such reputation damages, the sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and the revenue of company owners started falling down. Then they sent a Telegram to the king in India with their sincerest apologies and requested him to stop transporting waste in Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also offered Six new cars to the king free of cost.

When King Jai Singh observed that Rolls Royce had learnt their lesson and were sorry for their mistakes, the king stopped using their cars for carrying waste.

Welcome to the 'Stock Market'!

Once upon a time in a village, a man announced to the villagers that he would buy monkeys for Rs 10. 

The villagers, seeing that there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest and started catching them.. 

The man bought thousands at Rs 10 and as supply started to diminish, the villagers stopped their effort. 

He further announced that he would now buy at Rs20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and they started catching monkeys again. 

Soon the supply diminished even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer rate increased to Rs 25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it! 

The man now announced that he would buy monkeys at Rs 50! However, since he had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now buy on behalf of him. 

In the absence of the man, the assistant told the villagers. 

"Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that the man has collected. I will sell them to you at Rs 35 and when the man returns from the city, you can sell it to him for Rs 50." 

The villagers squeezed up with all their savings and bought all the monkeys. 

Then they never saw the man nor his assistant, only monkeys everywhere! 

Welcome to the 'Stock Market'!

Albert Einstein and Professor on God

(Below short story was circulated in internet but do not know whether it was true life incident of Albert Einstein but still content is good)

In 1902, a professor asked his student whether it was God who created everything that exists in the universe?
Student replied: Yes

He again asked: what about evil ?
Has God created evil also?
The student got silent....

Then the student requested that may he ask a question for him?
Professor allowed him to do so.

He asked: Does cold exist

Professor said : yes ! Don't u feel the cold dear
Student said: I'm sorry but your are wrong sir.

Cold is a complete absence of heat..
There is no cold, it is only an absence of heat.

Student asked again: Does darkness exist ?
Professor said: yes !

Student replied: you are again wrong sir.
There is no such thing like darkness.
Its actually the absence of light.

Sir ! We always study light & heat, but not cold & darkness.
Similarly, the evil does not exist.
Actually it is the absence of love, faith & true belief in God.

That student was Albert Einstein...!!!

Live in the Moment

A man died...

When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

Dialogue between God and Dead Man:

God: Al-right son, it’s time to go
Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans...

God: I am sorry but, it’s time to go
Man: What do you have in that suitcase?

God: Your belongings
Man: My belongings? You mean my things... Clothes... money...

God: Those things were never yours, they belong to the Earth
Man: Is it my memories?

God: No. They belong to Time
Man: Is it my talent?

God: No. They belong to Circumstance
Man: Is it my friends and family?

God: No son. They belong to the Path you travelled
Man: Is it my wife and children?

God: No. they belong to your Heart
Man: Then it must be my body

God: No No... It belongs to Dust
Man: Then surely it must be my Soul!

God: You are sadly mistaken son. Your Soul belongs to me.
Man with tears in his eyes and full of fear took the suitcase from the God's hand and opened it...

EMPTY!!

With heartbroken and tears down his cheek he asks God...


Man: I never owned anything?
God: That’s Right. You never owned anything.

Man: Then? What was mine?
God: your MOMENTS. Every moment you lived was yours.

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Life is just a Moment.
LIVE THE MOMENT 
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Stress Management - Short storey

The Professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.

He held it up for all to see & asked the students "How much do you think
this glass weighs?"

'100gms!'..... '150gms!' .....'200gms' ...the students answered.

"I really don't know unless I weigh it," said the professor, "but, my
question is:
What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?"

'Nothing' ...the students said.

'Ok what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the professor
asked.

'Your arm would begin to ache' said one student.

"You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?"

"Your arm could go numb; you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis &
have to go to hospital for sure!"

... Ventured another student & all the students laughed "Very good.

But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?" Asked the
professor.

'No'.. Was the answer.
"Then what caused the arm ache & the muscle stress?"

The students were puzzled.
"What should I do now to come out of pain?" asked professor again.

"Put the glass down!" said one of the students "Exactly!" said the
professor.

Life's problems are something like this.

Hold it for a few minutes in your head & they seem OK.
Think of them for a long time & they begin to ache.

Hold it even longer & they begin to paralyze you. You will not be able to do
anything.

It's important to think of the challenges or problems in your life, But EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT is to 'PUT THEM DOWN' at the end of every day before you go
to sleep...

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh & strong & can
handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

So, when you start your day today, Remember friend to 'PUT THE GLASS DOWN'