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安德鲁·卡内基：安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 299
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
After Mr. Kloman had passed through the bankruptcy court and was again free, we offered him a ten per cent interest in our business, charging for it only the actual capital invested, with nothing whatever for good-will. This we were to carry for him until the profits paid for it. We were to charge interest only on the cost, and he was to assume no responsibility. The offer was accompanied by the condition that he should not enter into any other business or endorse for others, but give his whole time and attention to the mechanical and not the business management of the mills. Could he have been persuaded to accept this, he would have been a multimillionaire; but his pride, and more particularly that of his family, perhaps, would not permit this. He would go into business on his own account, and, notwithstanding the most urgent appeals on my part, and that of my colleagues, he persisted in the determination to start a new rival concern with his sons as business managers. The result was failure and premature death.
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定位：Additional excerpt 299 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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核心是：给人才第二次机会，但条件要清晰；骄傲可能毁掉机会。克洛曼破产后恢复自由，卡内基提出给他公司百分之十的股份，只收实际投入的资本，不收商誉费。这笔钱由公司垫付，等利润还清；只对成本收利息，他不用承担任何责任。条件是：他不得从事其他业务或为他人担保，要全身心投入工厂的机械管理，而不是业务管理。如果他能接受，本会成为千万富翁。但他的骄傲，或许更多是家人的骄傲，不允许他这样做。他坚持自己创业，尽管卡内基和同事极力劝阻，他还是和儿子们开了一家竞争公司，结果失败并早逝。做法是：提供机会时明确边界，同时警惕自尊心作祟。
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卡内基自传中讲述他给克洛曼的优厚复出条件，以及克洛曼因骄傲拒绝而失败。
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