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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 247

P.T. 巴纳姆《奋斗与胜利》· Struggles and Triumphs · 领导

But there was really no mystery about it; the whole change made by training and travel, had appeared to me by degrees, and it came to the citizens of Bridgeport suddenly. The terms upon which I first engaged the lad showed that I had no over-sanguine expectations of his success as a “speculation.” When I saw, however, that he was wonderfully popular, I took the greatest pains to engraft upon his native talent all the instruction he was capable of receiving. He was an apt pupil, and I provided for him the best of teachers. Travel and attrition with so many people in so many lands did the rest. The General left America three years before, a diffident, uncultivated little boy; he came back an educated, accomplished little man. He had seen much, and had profited much. He went abroad poor, and he came home rich.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 247 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

拇指汤姆的成功并非神秘,而是训练和旅行逐步积累的结果。巴纳姆起初并没抱太大期望,但发现他受欢迎后,就请最好的老师教他,让他通过旅行和与人交往不断磨练。结果,一个害羞的小男孩变成有教养的小绅士,出国时穷,回国时富。这说明:发现潜力后,要舍得投入系统培养,并让实践和见识塑造人。

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巴纳姆在自传中解释拇指汤姆从害羞男孩变成有教养、富有的人,强调训练和旅行作用。

今日一问

你身边是否有被低估的潜力,值得你投入资源去培养?

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