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P.T. 巴纳姆:奋斗与胜利·补录 662

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

I really felt that his advice was good and wise, and had I consulted only my own ease and interest I should have acted upon it. But, two considerations moved me to pause: First, one hundred and fifty employees, many of whom depended upon their exertions for their daily bread, were thrown out of work at a season when it would be difficult for them to get engagements elsewhere. Second: I felt that a large city like New York needed a good Museum, and that my experience of a quarter of a century in that direction, afforded extraordinary facilities for founding another establishment of the kind, and so I took a few days for reflection.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/50115
定位:Additional excerpt 662 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

巴纳姆面对一个轻松退休的建议,本可只顾自己安逸,但他停下来考虑了两件事:一是150名员工在难找工作的季节会失业,他们靠工资养家;二是纽约需要好博物馆,而他25年的经验正好能再建一个。于是他花几天反思,决定不退休。核心是:做重大决定时,别只看自己舒服,要算上对他人的责任和能发挥的独特价值。做法:列出受你决定影响的人,再问自己能否用经验补上社会的缺口。

上下文

巴纳姆是美国19世纪著名马戏团老板,这是他在自传中回忆博物馆被烧后,有人劝他退休时的思考。

今日一问

你最近一次重大决定,是否只考虑了自己的安逸,而忽略了身边依赖你的人?

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