The Magical Dilemma - II
Mussa was confident that Shrikant and Savio will be able to complete everything in time after he had to spend 1 hour to use his mind in lateral way to explain how a 20 hour job can be completed in 4 hours flat. Shrikant was confident that the rest of the 10 minutes job will not take more than cooking a packet of Maggi.
After the 4 hours of fruitful work as explained by Mussa, when Shrikant explained to Savio what had to be done, they were both happy that another 2 minutes and this will be over.
“It is not possible”, I heard Savio speaking to Shrikant.
Savio had spent two hours instead of minutes of the ripe working time. Still there was no end to 2 minute job to complete and deliver the job. We were close to the end of day and soon everybody will be packing up to meet their family and friends and enjoy rest of what is left in the day.
Shrikant tells Mussa, “There is some problem that is leading us to stop the delivery today. We will look into it tomorrow and finish it. Savio is doing his best to complete it”
Mussa said, “The tough job of getting the output the way it was required was already complete. I already spent an hour explaining things to you so that we can deliver today. Why is the 2 minute job stretching to 2 hours? You can’t get it done”
Shrikant looked dejected and said, “Savio is really working hard on it”
Mussa was really frustrated with this response. Mussa was doing what Shrikant was supposed to do. He had already ended up helping him out and now with the sheer stupid reason for a small issue which Shrikant does not know, he wants to stop the delivery. Mussa in his fuming mood asks Shrikant to explain the issue. After listening to the issue, Mussa knew the answer to it. There was no need to even look at what Savio was doing. Mussa simply said, “Tell Savio, he is looking at the wrong thing and wring place, he needs to look at this thing in this place”
Within one minute, Savio was jumping out of his seat screaming “Eureka Eureka”. Shrikant smiled at Mussa and said, “Now we can deliver”. Mussa said, “What about testing for special case scenarios?”
Shrikant and Savio were both shocked at this request. They knew it was required, but they had not thought of it right from the beginning. Shrikant said,
“We will need at least 4 hours to check this.”
Savio added, “We are not sure what the special case scenarios can be”
Mussa was really feeling down. He screamed at himself for not doing this himself. He single handedly would have completed this application in 5 hours and here is his team that has effectively spent 8 hours till now and they were still 4 hours away. Mussa looked at the application on Savio’s machine. He said, “Add these two checks here and test. I am 100% confident it will work and you can finish this in 5 minutes.”
Savio is shocked. Shrikant is skeptical. Mussa is confident. After 5 minutes, Savio screams “Its Magic. It worked”
The delivery was made. Observing this complete episode was Komal, who approach Mussa and said,
“I want to be learn how you CAN do what you CAN do”
Mussa smiled at her and said, “My mind can THINK of what to do. My attitude can DO what my mind thinks. Inculcate this and you can do what I can do”
After the 4 hours of fruitful work as explained by Mussa, when Shrikant explained to Savio what had to be done, they were both happy that another 2 minutes and this will be over.
“It is not possible”, I heard Savio speaking to Shrikant.
Savio had spent two hours instead of minutes of the ripe working time. Still there was no end to 2 minute job to complete and deliver the job. We were close to the end of day and soon everybody will be packing up to meet their family and friends and enjoy rest of what is left in the day.
Shrikant tells Mussa, “There is some problem that is leading us to stop the delivery today. We will look into it tomorrow and finish it. Savio is doing his best to complete it”
Mussa said, “The tough job of getting the output the way it was required was already complete. I already spent an hour explaining things to you so that we can deliver today. Why is the 2 minute job stretching to 2 hours? You can’t get it done”
Shrikant looked dejected and said, “Savio is really working hard on it”
Mussa was really frustrated with this response. Mussa was doing what Shrikant was supposed to do. He had already ended up helping him out and now with the sheer stupid reason for a small issue which Shrikant does not know, he wants to stop the delivery. Mussa in his fuming mood asks Shrikant to explain the issue. After listening to the issue, Mussa knew the answer to it. There was no need to even look at what Savio was doing. Mussa simply said, “Tell Savio, he is looking at the wrong thing and wring place, he needs to look at this thing in this place”
Within one minute, Savio was jumping out of his seat screaming “Eureka Eureka”. Shrikant smiled at Mussa and said, “Now we can deliver”. Mussa said, “What about testing for special case scenarios?”
Shrikant and Savio were both shocked at this request. They knew it was required, but they had not thought of it right from the beginning. Shrikant said,
“We will need at least 4 hours to check this.”
Savio added, “We are not sure what the special case scenarios can be”
Mussa was really feeling down. He screamed at himself for not doing this himself. He single handedly would have completed this application in 5 hours and here is his team that has effectively spent 8 hours till now and they were still 4 hours away. Mussa looked at the application on Savio’s machine. He said, “Add these two checks here and test. I am 100% confident it will work and you can finish this in 5 minutes.”
Savio is shocked. Shrikant is skeptical. Mussa is confident. After 5 minutes, Savio screams “Its Magic. It worked”
The delivery was made. Observing this complete episode was Komal, who approach Mussa and said,
“I want to be learn how you CAN do what you CAN do”
Mussa smiled at her and said, “My mind can THINK of what to do. My attitude can DO what my mind thinks. Inculcate this and you can do what I can do”
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