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约翰·D·洛克菲勒：洛克菲勒回忆录·补录 52
约翰·D·洛克菲勒《洛克菲勒回忆录》· Random Reminiscences of Men and Events · 领导
Although the plan had been to send me to college, it seemed best at sixteen that I should leave the high school in which I had nearly completed the course and go into a commercial college in Cleveland for a few months. They taught bookkeeping and some of the fundamental principles of commercial transactions. This training, though it lasted only a few months, was very valuable to me. But how to get a job--that was the question. I tramped the streets for days and weeks, asking merchants and storekeepers if they didn't want a boy; but the offer of my services met with little appreciation. No one wanted a boy, and very few showed any overwhelming anxiety to talk with me on the subject. At last one man on the Cleveland docks told me that I might come back after the noonday meal. I was elated; it now seemed that I might get a start.
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定位：Additional excerpt 52 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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家里原本打算送洛克菲勒上大学，但十六岁时觉得最好让他高中没毕业就去克利夫兰的商业学院读几个月，学记账和商业交易的基本原理。这段训练虽短，对他却很有价值。可问题是：怎么找到工作？他连续几周在街上挨家挨户问商人和店主要不要男孩帮忙，得到的回应很少，没人想要男孩，也没几个人愿意跟他多谈。最后，克利夫兰码头有个人让他午饭后回来。他高兴极了，觉得终于有了起步的机会。核心是：短期实用训练有用，但求职要靠反复上门、不怕被拒。
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洛克菲勒回忆自己十六岁放弃大学、读商业学院并艰难求职的经历。
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你找机会时，愿意像他一样连续几周上门、不怕被拒吗？
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