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本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导
I began now gradually to pay off the debt I was under for the printing-house. In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary. I drest plainly; I was seen at no places of idle diversion. I never went out a fishing or shooting; a book, indeed, sometimes debauch'd me from my work, but that was seldom, snug, and gave no scandal; and, to show that I was not above my business, I sometimes brought home the paper I purchas'd at the stores thro' the streets on a wheelbarrow. Thus being esteem'd an industrious, thriving young man, and paying duly for what I bought, the merchants who imported stationery solicited my custom; others proposed supplying me with books, and I went on swimmingly. In the mean time, Keimer's credit and business declining daily, he was at last forc'd to sell his printing-house to satisfy his creditors. He went to Barbadoes, and there lived some years in very poor circumstances.
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富兰克林逐步还清印刷厂债务。为了保住商人的信用和名声,他不仅实际勤劳节俭,还避免任何相反的表象:穿着朴素,不出入娱乐场所,不钓鱼打猎;偶尔读书耽误工作,但很少且不张扬;有时用独轮车把买来的纸推回家,表明自己不嫌业务低微。因此他被视为勤劳上进的青年,按时付款,商人主动找他做生意,事业顺利。而竞争对手凯默信用和生意日渐衰落,最终被迫卖掉印刷厂。核心是:信用不仅靠实际行为,也靠别人看到的形象。可执行的做法是:让日常行为与你想建立的声誉一致,避免给人留下相反印象。
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富兰克林在自传中讲述自己还债期间如何刻意维护勤劳节俭的商人形象,赢得信任。
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你日常的哪些行为可能损害你想建立的职业形象?今天能改掉哪一个?
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