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安德魯·卡內基
AndrewCarnegie
Itiswellthatyoungmenshouldbeginatthebeginningandoccuythemostsubordinateositions。ManyoftheleadingbusinessmenofPittsburghhadaseriousresonsibilitythrustuonthenattheverythresholdoftheircareer。Theywereintroducedtothebroom,andsentthefrsthoursoftheirbusinesslivessweeingouttheoffce。Inoticewehavejanitorsandjanitressesnowinoffces,andouryoungmenunfortunatelymissthatsalutarybranchofabusinesseducation。Butifbychancetherofessionalsweeerisabsentanymorning,theboywhohasthegeniusofthefutureartnerinhimwillnothesitatetotryhishandatthebroom。Itdoesnothurtthenewestcomertosweeouttheoffceifnecessary。Iwasoneofthosesweeersmyself。
Assumingthatyouhaveallobtainedemloymentandarefairlystarted,myadvicetoyouis“aimhigh。”Iwouldnotgiveafgfortheyoungmanwhodoesnotalreadyseehimselftheartnerortheheadofanimortantfrm。Donotrestcontentforamomentinyourthoughtsasheadclerk,orforeman,orgeneralmanagerinanyconcern,nomatterhowextensive。Saytoyourself,“Mylaceisattheto。”Bekinginyourdreams。
Andhereistherimeconditionofsuccess,thegreatsecret:concentrateyourenergy,thought,andcaitalexclusivelyuonthebusinessinwhichyouareengaged。Havingbeguninoneline,resolvetofghtitoutonthatline,toleadinit,adoteveryimrovement,havethebestmachinery,andknowthemostaboutit。
Theconcernswhichfailarethosewhichhavescatteredtheircaital,whichmeansthattheyhavescatteredtheirbrainsalso。Theyhaveinvestmentsinthis,orthat,ortheother,here,there,andeverywhere。“Dontutallyoureggsinonebasket。”isallwrong。Itellyou“utallyoureggsinonebasket,andthenwatchthatbasket。”Lookroundyouandtakenotice,menwhodothatnotoftenfail。Itiseasytowatchandcarrytheonebasket。Itistryingtocarrytoomanybasketsthatbreaksmosteggsinthiscountry。Hewhocarriesthreebasketsmustutoneonhishead,whichisattotumbleandtrihimu。OnefaultoftheAmericanbusinessmanislackofconcentration。
TosummarizewhatIhavesaid:Aimforthehighest,neverenterabarroom;donottouchliquor,orifatallonlyatmeals;neverseculate;neverindorsebeyondyoursurluscashfund;makethefirmsinterestyours;concentrate;utallyoureggsinonebasket,andwatchthatbasket;exenditurealwayswithinrevenue;lastlybenotimatient,forasEmersonsays,“Noonecancheatyououtofultimatesuccessbutyourselves。”
年輕人應該從頭開始,從底層做起,這是很好的一件事情。匹茲堡有許多出類拔萃的企業家,在剛入行時,都承擔過一個重要的職責:他們手持掃帚,在清掃辦公室中開始了他們的創業生涯。我注意到,現在的辦公室都配置了工友,我們的年輕人很不幸地失去了企業教育中有益的一環。但是,假如某一天早上,專職的清潔工偶爾沒來,那麼具有未來合夥人潛質的小夥子就會毫不猶豫地拿起掃帚。必要時,讓新來的員工在辦公室外掃掃地對他們並沒有壞處。我自己就曾經是那些掃地人中的一員。
當確定你獲得錄用並有了一個公平的起點時,我的忠告是:“確定遠大的目標。”對於那些還未把自己看成大公司的未來合夥人或者老闆的人們,我是無話可說的。不管公司有多大,永遠不要滿足於只是成爲這家公司的首席僱員、領班或是總經理。告訴自己:“我的位置在最高層。”在你的夢想中,你應該是一流的。