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爱德华·博克:爱德华·博克自传·补录 688
爱德华·博克《爱德华·博克自传》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · 领导
It was scarcely to be wondered at that so many incompetent secretaries had been passed and sent over to France. How could it have been otherwise with the restricted selection? But the Philadelphia Committee was determined, nevertheless, that its men should be of the best, and it decided that to get a hundred men of unquestioned ability would be to do a greater job than to send over two hundred men of indifferent quality. The Committee felt that enough good men were still in Philadelphia and the vicinity, if they could be pried loose from their business and home anchorages, and that it was rather a question of incessant work than an impossible task.
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定位:Additional excerpt 688 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
难怪那么多不合格的秘书被通过并送往法国——在如此受限的选择下,还能怎样呢?但费城委员会决心要让自己的人是最优秀的,并决定:找到一百个能力毋庸置疑的人,比送两百个平庸的人更有价值。委员会认为,只要能把人从生意和家庭牵绊中拉出来,费城及其附近仍有足够的好人,这更多是持续努力的问题,而非不可能的任务。这体现了一种取舍:宁缺毋滥,质量优先于数量。
上下文
费城招募委员会在人力紧张的情况下,仍坚持高标准选拔青年会干事,博克在自传中记录了这一决策。
今日一问
在资源有限时,你会选择“少而精”还是“多而杂”?你如何说服自己和他人接受质量优先的取舍?
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