I have always considered myself to be a clever person. But there are times when a situation is unnering that it is difficult to come up with a solution. To me during such time. I feel a bit nervous and guilty. Uh uh. And couple of weeks ago when my father’s bike got repaired, it was uh. Unable to even. It was unable to move. Uh, we tried and uh, we couldn’t even move little bit because I think someone. Something in there uh, got stuck. And moreover, ah. We didn’t have an option without lifting. We couldn’t take it to mechanic stall. And uh. We let that know to the mechanic stol nearby. That mechanic. And he came uh, with a single screwdriver and only tightened a bolt. O. I don’t know whether he tightened or loose the bolt. He do something with the bolt. And uh, that was very loose. And we was able to take that to the mechanics toolool. Uh. Uh. That time we did many hard things such as uh, moving harder, uh, rolling the bike harder. Uh. But we couldn’t find it moving. And the mechanic came and moved. Uh, did in a smart work. Did smart work. And uh, it was able to move. Uh. That’s why our ancient people say rather than hard work, smart work is always be better.
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I have always considered myself to be a clever person. But there are times when a situation is so unnerving that it is difficult to come up with a solution. During such times, I feel a bit nervous and guilty. A couple of weeks ago, when my father's bike got repaired, it was unable to move. We tried, and we couldn't even move it a little bit because I think something in there got stuck. Moreover, we didn't have an option without lifting it; we couldn't take it to the mechanic's stall. We let the nearby mechanic know, and he came with a single screwdriver and tightened a bolt. I don't know whether he tightened or loosened the bolt; he did something with the bolt, and it was very loose. We were able to take it to the mechanic's tool. At that time, we did many hard things, such as moving it harder and rolling the bike harder, but we couldn't find it moving. The mechanic came and did smart work, and it was able to move. That's why our ancestors say that rather than hard work, smart work is always better.
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