第29章成功不只是努力工作(1)
Don’tWorkforMoney
?佚名Anonymous
Theworldisfilledwithsmart,taleedandgiftedpeople。Wemeetthemeveryday。Afewdaysago,mywell。Ipulleditinte,andtheyoungmeichaditfixedinjustafewminutes。Hekwaswrongbysimplylisteningtotheengine。Iwasamazed。Thesadtruthis,greattalentisnotenough。
IamtlyshockedathowlittletalentedpeopleearheotherdaythatlessthaofAmerimorethan$100,000ayear。Abusinesstwhospecializesiradewastellingmehowmanydotistsandchirlefinancially。Allthistime,Ithoughtthatwheed,thedollarswouldpourin。Itwasthisbusinesstwhogavemethephrase,“Theyareoneskillawayfromgreatwealth。”hrasemeansisthatmostpeopleolearnandmasteronemoreskillandtheirinpexpoially。Ihavemefinantelligenceisasynthesisofag,iiingandlaw。bieicalskillsandmakihmoneyiseasier。Wheomoheonlyskillmostpeopleknowisto>
WhenIgraduatedfromtheU。S。MertMarineA1969,myeducateddady。StandardOilofiahadhiredmeforitsoil-ta。Ihadagreatcareeraheadofme,yetIresigersixmonthswiththepanyaheMariolearnhowtofly。Myeducateddadwasdevastated。Rigratulatedme。
Jobsecuritymeaomyeducateddad。Leareverythingtomyrichdad。EducateddadthoughtIwenttoschooltolearntobeaship’sofficer。RiewthatIwenttoschooltostudyiionaltrade。Soasastudent,Imades,navigatiers,oiltankersandpasseotheFarEastahPacific。Whilemostofmyclassmates,ingMike,werepartyiernityhouses,Iwasstudyingtrade,peopleandculturesinJapan,Thailand,SingapKohePhilippines。Ials,butitwasnotinanyfraternalhouse。Igre>
Thereisanoldclichethatgoes,“Jobisanafor‘JustOverBroke。’”Andunfortunately,Iwouldsaythatthesayiomillionsofpeople。Becauseschooldoesnotthinkfinantelligeelligeworkers“livewithiheyaythebills。InsteadIreendtoyouoseekworkforwhattheywilllearhanwhattheywillearn。Lookdowwhatskillstheywanttoacquirebeforegaspecificprofessioihe“RatRacepeoplearetrappedinthelifelongprocessofbillpaying,theybeelikethoselittlehamstersrunningaroundilemetalwheels。Theirlittlefurrylegsarespinningfuriously,thewheelisturningfuriously,but,they’llstillbeinthesamecage:greatjob。