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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 369

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

A few months subsequent to this, I sold out my share in the steamship to Mr. Daniel Drew. The day after closing with Mr. Drew, I discovered an error of several hundred dollars (a matter of interest on some portion of the purchase money, which had been overlooked). I called on Mr. Drew, and asked him to correct it, but could get no satisfaction. I then wrote him a threatening letter, but received no response. I was on the eve of suing him for the amount due me, when the news came that the steamship “North America” was lying at the bottom of the Pacific. It turned out that she was sunk several days before I sold out, and as the owners were mulcted in the sum of many thousands of dollars damages by their passengers, besides suffering a great loss in their steamship, I said no more to the millionnaire Drew about the few hundreds which he had withheld from the showman.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 369 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆把汽船股份卖给德鲁后,发现对方少付了几百美元利息,写信威胁要起诉。但不久得知那艘船在交易前几天就沉没了,船东因乘客索赔损失惨重。巴纳姆于是不再追讨那几百美元。核心是:有时看似吃亏的事,反而让你躲过大祸。原因在于信息不对称和运气。做法是:遇到纠纷先别急着翻脸,多等几天,看清全局再决定;如果发现自己其实占了便宜,就大方放手,别为小利纠缠。

上下文

巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名演艺经纪人,这是他的自传《奋斗与胜利》中的一段商业经历。

今日一问

你最近有没有因为一点小损失而恼火,后来发现其实是好事?

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