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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 413
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
There had been so much deception by speculators buying old iron and steel mills and foisting them upon innocent purchasers at inflated values--hundred-dollar shares in some cases selling for a trifle--that I declined to take anything for the common stock. Had I done so, it would have given me just about one hundred millions more of five per cent bonds, which Mr. Morgan said afterwards I could have obtained. Such was the prosperity and such the money value of our steel business. Events proved I should have been quite justified in asking the additional sum named, for the common stock has paid five per cent continuously since.[45] But I had enough, as has been proved, to keep me busier than ever before, trying to distribute it.
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定位:Additional excerpt 413 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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当时有很多投机者购买旧钢铁厂,以虚高价格卖给不知情的买家,导致普通股价值大跌,有时百元股只值一点。因此卡内基拒绝为普通股要价。如果他当时要了,本可以多得到约一亿美元的五厘债券,摩根后来说他本可以拿到。这反映了钢铁业务的繁荣和巨大价值。事实证明,他完全有理由要求那笔额外款项,因为普通股此后一直支付五厘股息。但他觉得已经够了,正如后来所证明的,他忙于分配财富,比以往更忙。核心是:在交易中不过度贪婪,知足常乐。做法是:评估资产真实价值,但不为最大化收益而失去原则;赚到足够后,转向更高目标。
上下文
出自卡内基自传,他解释在出售公司时为何放弃普通股要价,以及后来的反思。
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在利益面前,你能否判断“足够”的界限,并主动选择放下?
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