Perfection

Let me start with a joke-

A person went to a mechanic with his problematic car and he requested its trouble-shooting. The mechanic, after hearing the problem from the owner, thought for a moment, took a hammer and applied a soft stroke on the engine head of the car. On sensing a change in engine noise, the mechanic told the owner that the problem is rectified. Then he asked for a service charge of $10 from the owner. The owner was surprised on hearing the charge of $10 for a hammer stroke and expressed his resentment. The mechanic replied calmly, "Sir, I have not charged anything for the hammer stroke but charged for understanding where to strike, and behind this understanding is my expertise of 20 years".

The Purpose of narrating the joke is that knowing the solution is always more important than its implementation and achievement of perfection depends on this knowledge. Experts use their life-long experiences to know a perfect solution for a problem, but that is not always possible. Yes, there is an alternative.

For each problem, the best solution is always one under the given circumstances. Since combination of a problem and its circumstances rarely replicate, every problem may be said to have a unique solution - which proves to be the best. Knowing this best solution and its implementation is, therefore, leads to perfection. In many situations, the best solution may not even come to mind of the managers, so the perfection becomes impossible.

Thus for achieving a perfect solution, mind storming session of a number of related persons, after giving them some time for thinking on the problem and the circumstances, yields the best possible solution for implementation.