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爱德华·博克：爱德华·博克自传·补录 175
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
In the first place, he found every avenue leading to success wide open and certainly not over-peopled. He was surprised how few there were who really stood in a young man's way. He found that favoritism was not the factor that he had been led to suppose. He realized it existed in a few isolated cases, but to these every one had pointed and about these every one had talked until, in the public mind, they had multiplied in number and assumed a proportion that the facts did not bear out.
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定位：Additional excerpt 175 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
年轻人初入社会，常以为成功路上挤满了人，机会都被有背景的人占了。但作者发现，通往成功的每条路其实都敞开着，真正挡路的人少得惊人。所谓“关系户”确实存在，但只是极少数特例；大家反复谈论这几个例子，传来传去，就在公众心里放大了，好像遍地都是。实际上，多数人只是被这种想象吓住了，自己不敢往前走。所以，别把“别人有后台”当成不行动的借口，先看清真实竞争有多稀疏，再大胆去试。
上下文
摘自博克的自传《爱德华·博克的美国化》，回忆他年轻时在美国职场观察到的现象。
今日一问
我是否因为听说“关系户太多”而放弃过某个机会？真实情况真的那么糟吗？
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