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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 247
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
Never shall I forget the oppressed feeling which overcame me as I stepped out and proceeded to the telegraph office to wire President Thomson. Something told me that I ought not to do so. I would wait till to-morrow when I had the contract in my pocket. I walked from the banking house to the Langham Hotel--four long miles. When I reached there I found a messenger waiting breathless to hand me a sealed note from the Barings. Bismarck had locked up a hundred millions in Magdeburg. The financial world was panic-stricken, and the Barings begged to say that under the circumstances they could not propose to Mr. Baring to go on with the matter. There was as much chance that I should be struck by lightning on my way home as that an arrangement agreed to by the Barings should be broken. And yet it was. It was too great a blow to produce anything like irritation or indignation. I was meek enough to be quite resigned, and merely congratulated myself that I had not telegraphed Mr. Thomson.
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卡内基在电报局前突然感到不安,决定推迟到明天拿到合同后再发电报。他步行四英里到酒店,发现巴林银行的紧急通知:俾斯麦冻结资金导致金融恐慌,巴林银行无法继续合作。他庆幸自己没发电报,否则会陷入尴尬。核心是:重大决定前,如果直觉不安,不妨缓一缓,等条件更确定再行动。这能避免因信息不全或时机不对而犯错。做法是:在关键节点,给自己一个冷静期,确认所有条件成熟再推进。
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安德鲁·卡内基自传,讲述他早年金融业务中的一次经历,涉及与巴林银行和汤姆森总裁的合作。
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你最近有没有在冲动下想立刻做决定?如果缓一天,结果会不同吗?
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