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This story really happened. I heard it in one of my psychology courses, so I’m retelling it in my own words.
So, here is the story itself:
A very famous cardiac surgeon had an acquaintance who worked as a mechanic at an auto repair shop.
The cardiac surgeon would periodically stop by the repair shop, and his acquaintance would fix his car.
This went on for many years.
One day, the acquaintance decided to ask how much the cardiac surgeon earned. He replied that it was about $30,000 a month.
The acquaintance was puzzled because he earned only $1,000.
And he saw this as unfair.
- I work hard repairing cars, covered in oil and gasoline every day. But you work in a white coat in a clean office, and you earn dozens of times more than I do!
The cardiac surgeon asked him:
- How difficult is it for you to repair a car engine?
- Oh, it’s very difficult! You need to know a great deal about cars and have a lot of skill.
- All right. How difficult would it be for you to repair the engine of a car traveling at 100 km/h?
- That would be completely impossible! the mechanic exclaimed.
- That “impossible” is my job, the cardiac surgeon replied with a smile.
So, here is the story itself:
A very famous cardiac surgeon had an acquaintance who worked as a mechanic at an auto repair shop.
The cardiac surgeon would periodically stop by the repair shop, and his acquaintance would fix his car.
This went on for many years.
One day, the acquaintance decided to ask how much the cardiac surgeon earned. He replied that it was about $30,000 a month.
The acquaintance was puzzled because he earned only $1,000.
And he saw this as unfair.
- I work hard repairing cars, covered in oil and gasoline every day. But you work in a white coat in a clean office, and you earn dozens of times more than I do!
The cardiac surgeon asked him:
- How difficult is it for you to repair a car engine?
- Oh, it’s very difficult! You need to know a great deal about cars and have a lot of skill.
- All right. How difficult would it be for you to repair the engine of a car traveling at 100 km/h?
- That would be completely impossible! the mechanic exclaimed.
- That “impossible” is my job, the cardiac surgeon replied with a smile.



