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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 234
亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导
Borrowing for expansion is one thing; borrowing to make up for mismanagement and waste is quite another. You do not want money for the latter--for the reason that money cannot do the job. Waste is corrected by economy; mismanagement is corrected by brains. Neither of these correctives has anything to do with money. Indeed, money under certain circumstances is their enemy. And many a business man thanks his stars for the pinch which showed him that his best capital was in his own brains and not in bank loans. Borrowing under certain circumstances is just like a drunkard taking another drink to cure the effect of the last one. It does not do what it is expected to do. It simply increases the difficulty. Tightening up the loose places in a business is much more profitable than any amount of new capital at 7 per cent.
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定位:Additional excerpt 234 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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为扩张借钱是一回事,为弥补管理不善和浪费而借钱是另一回事。后者你根本不需要钱,因为钱解决不了问题。浪费要靠节约来纠正,管理不善要靠头脑来纠正,这两者都和钱无关,甚至在某些情况下钱是它们的敌人。许多商人反而庆幸手头紧,因为这让他们明白最好的资本是自己的头脑,而不是银行贷款。为弥补漏洞而借钱,就像醉汉再喝一杯来解上一杯的酒劲,只会增加困难。收紧业务中的松散环节,比拿到任何利率7%的新资本都更有利可图。
上下文
福特在书中批评那些用贷款掩盖经营问题的做法,主张靠节约和智慧来纠正错误。
今日一问
你当前的资金缺口,是扩张所需,还是在掩盖管理上的浪费和低效?
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