People are amazing Part 2

Now for rest of the story. As we left the story John had been told by his computer guru that he could solve Johns problem, which was evaluating over two hundred gas stations in Southeast Florida in the time required. So what was his plan?

First the guru needed that location of all the gas stations. Two a list of what information John needed. The information needed was five questions that could all be answered by viewing the station form outside and a couple of photos of the station.

That was the easy part. Now the guru had to lay out the techie part of solving the problem. He hired two people to visit each of the gas stations and fill out he form’s, but not on paper but on a wireless lap top computer that could send information anywhere there was cell phone service, which is everywhere in South Florida. The two information gathers also had digital cameras to take the picture of the gas stations.

Now the guru sent the two out with a computer map of each location and how to get there. Then they started gathering the information on the gas stations. As they put the information and photos in their computers they would E-mail the information to John and he would organize it on a spread sheet. Because of John’s vast knowledge of the gas station distribution he had long ago developed a formula on how the evaluate them.

John was able to keep up with the information flowing in to him and at the end of the forth day he had it all in his system. When I said John put the information in the computer that really wasn’t the case, his wife did all the real work? John always said he wasn’t paid for work but for his knowledge and I guess he is right.
With some organizing of the data John was able to present to his client a document with the value of each station and a grand total of the proposed purchase, photos and all, on time.

I never heard if the stations where purchased by his client, but I do know that he and his guru and the guru’s helpers where paid in full.

So what’s the point? John has a great breath of knowledge, but in no way was he a technology guru, but he knew of one which made it possible to take his knowledge and get it to his client in the time required. We don’t have to know everything, but we do have known where to find the knowledge we do not possess.

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