There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all mechanical problems. After serving his company loyally for 30 years, he happily retired. Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one multi-million dollar machine. The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small “x” in chalk on a particular component of the machine and stated, “This is where your problem is.” The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again. The company received a bill:
One chalk mark $1
Knowing where to put it $49,999
Total $50,000
有一位工程師,他有超乎常人的修理機(jī)器的天賦。在為公司忠心工作30年之后,他退休了。幾年以后公司又來(lái)找他,為的是一臺(tái)價(jià)值幾百萬(wàn)美元的機(jī)器發(fā)生了誰(shuí)也解決不了的故障。這位工程師勉強(qiáng)接受這個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。他花了一整天時(shí)間琢磨這臺(tái)龐然大物。最后,他在一個(gè)零件上用粉筆打了一個(gè)×記號(hào),并且說(shuō):“你們的問(wèn)題就在這兒。”換了這個(gè)零件之后,機(jī)器又正常運(yùn)行了。公司收到了一份賬單:
一個(gè)粉筆記號(hào) $1
知道在哪里打記號(hào) $49,999
總計(jì) $50,000