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安德鲁·卡内基:安德鲁·卡内基自传·补录 481
安德鲁·卡内基《安德鲁·卡内基自传》· Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie · 领导
After seating themselves, the stranger said he was part owner in a gold mine in California, and explained that there had been a dispute about its ownership and that the conference of partners broke up in quarreling. The stranger said he had left, threatening he would take the bull by the horns and begin legal proceedings. "The next morning I went to the meeting and told them I had turned over Josh Billings's almanac that morning and the lesson for the day was: 'When you take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; you can get a better hold and let go when you're a mind to.' We laughed and laughed and felt that was good sense. We took your advice, settled, and parted good friends. Some one moved that five thousand dollars be given Josh, and as I was coming East they appointed me treasurer and I promised to hand it over. There it is."
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定位:Additional excerpt 481 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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合伙做生意闹矛盾,别一上来就硬碰硬。有个人跟合伙人吵翻,扬言要'抓住牛角'打官司。朋友劝他:抓牛角不如抓牛尾巴,这样握得牢,想放也能放。他听了,回去跟合伙人和解,好聚好散。大家觉得这主意值五千美元,就凑钱感谢出主意的人。意思是:处理冲突时,留有余地比撕破脸更聪明。你可以先冷静,找第三方调解,把对抗变成协商,既保住利益,也不结仇。
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卡内基自传里,一位陌生人讲述自己如何用乔希·比林斯的寓言化解金矿合伙纠纷。
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你最近有没有硬碰硬的冲突,可以换成'抓牛尾巴'的方式处理?
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