The Ship Repairman Story
Why Experts get paid more?
A great ships’ 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 youngster.
When he arrived he had a large bag of tools with him, he immediately went to work.
Over a period of three days, he inspected the engine from top to bottom.
Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do, as the breakdown was costing them tens of thousands a day.
After looking things over, the old man took out a piece of chalk and wrote an X on one part of the engine.
He then reached into his bag and pulled out a hammer and gently tapped the X.
Instantly, the engine lurched into life.
He carefully put his hammer away.
The engine was fixed!
And the owners were overjoyed.
A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.
“What?!” they 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 $ 9,998.00
Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort makes all the difference!
I’ve traveled to over 50 countries on six continents, spent 14 years in the military, 30 years running heavy equipment workshops, which I ran for the military, the UN, and all across the MENA Region.
I’ve been a Corporate Trainer for 20 plus years and a Business / Exec Coach for 15 years.
I’ve read thousands of books, listened to thousands of hours of audios, watched hundreds of hours of videos, all given by millionaires, multi-millionaires & billionaires, spending around one and a half hours a day, for the last 20 plus years studying and enhancing my skills.
That works out at around 12,000 hours, the average MBA is 4,000 hours, do the maths.
I have helped people and companies 2X / 3X and 4X their bottom lines.
Dec 2005 I got involved with a small business in Dubai investing Aed2,000/-.
By September 2006 I was earning 5 figures per hour that I worked, (6 figures a month).
When I’m engaged, for a whatever length of time, I am NOT being paid for that time!
I’m being paid for the 40 plus years in senior management positions, 20 plus years as a trainer, 15 years as a coach, and 12,000 hours invested in upgrading my skills.
If you’re serious about getting your life and business back on track, then I suggest you give me a call.
As Tim Sales once said, “if you think education is expensive, try ignorance”
If your business or life is NOT where you think it should be,
Reach Out To Me To See If I Can Help
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