Where To Make An Effort!

A giant ship's 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 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 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...... ........ .... $ 9,998.00

*'Effort is important, but knowing where to make an

effort makes all the difference'*