事业 · 创业者自述
本杰明·富兰克林:本杰明·富兰克林自传·补录 85
本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导
The objections and reluctances I met with in soliciting the subscriptions, made me soon feel the impropriety of presenting one's self as the proposer of any useful project, that might be suppos'd to raise one's reputation in the smallest degree above that of one's neighbors, when one has need of their assistance to accomplish that project. I therefore put myself as much as I could out of sight, and stated it as a scheme of a number of friends, who had requested me to go about and propose it to such as they thought lovers of reading. In this way my affair went on more smoothly, and I ever after practis'd it on such occasions; and, from my frequent successes, can heartily recommend it. The present little sacrifice of your vanity will afterwards be amply repaid. If it remains a while uncertain to whom the merit belongs, some one more vain than yourself will be encouraged to claim it, and then even envy will be disposed to do you justice by plucking those assumed feathers, and restoring them to their right owner.
出处:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/148
定位:Additional excerpt 85 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
富兰克林在募捐办图书馆时,发现如果自己以提议者身份出面,容易让人觉得他想抬高声望,反而招来抵触。于是他尽量隐身,把计划说成是一群朋友的主意,他们请他去向爱读书的人提议。这样事情顺利多了,此后他常这么做,并因屡次成功而诚恳推荐。暂时牺牲一点虚荣心,日后会得到丰厚回报。即使功劳一时归属不明,总有更爱虚荣的人会冒领,而嫉妒者反而会揭穿他,把功劳还给你。所以推动有益项目时,不妨把个人风头让出去,让事情更容易成。
上下文
富兰克林在费城创办订阅图书馆时,总结出这条关于如何提出公共项目的人际经验。
今日一问
你下次想推动一个项目时,能否先隐去自己的名字,把它说成是大家的主意?
公版传记;原文逐字取自 Project Gutenberg,仅摘录段落并附全书链接。
你的邮箱
只用于发送原典。不发广告,不卖名单。
本文本为公版;底本与原文链接见上。 版权