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亨利·福特:我的生活与工作·补录 52

亨利·福特《我的生活与工作》· My Life and Work · 领导

During this time of reflection I was far from idle. We were going ahead with a four-cylinder motor and the building of a pair of big racing cars. I had plenty of time, for I never left my business. I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night. It is nice to plan to do one's work in office hours, to take up the work in the morning, to drop it in the evening--and not have a care until the next morning. It is perfectly possible to do that if one is so constituted as to be willing through all of his life to accept direction, to be an employee, possibly a responsible employee, but not a director or manager of anything. A manual labourer must have a limit on his hours, otherwise he will wear himself out. If he intends to remain always a manual labourer, then he should forget about his work when the whistle blows, but if he intends to go forward and do anything, the whistle is only a signal to start thinking over the day's work in order to discover how it might be done better.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7213
定位:Additional excerpt 52 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

福特说,在反思的这段时间里他一点没闲着,一边推进四缸发动机,一边制造两辆大型赛车。他时间充裕,因为他从不离开自己的事业。他认为人不可能真正离开自己的事业,应该白天想它、夜里梦它。当然,把工作安排在办公时间内,早上开始、晚上放下,到第二天早上再操心,这很美好,也完全可能——前提是你甘愿一辈子接受别人指挥,当个雇员,也许是个负责任的雇员,但不是任何事情的负责人或管理者。体力劳动者必须限制工时,否则会累垮;如果他打算一辈子做体力活,那下班汽笛一响就该忘掉工作。但如果他想往前走、做点事,汽笛只是开始思考的信号:回想一天的工作,找出怎样做得更好。

上下文

福特在自传中讲述自己早年一边工作一边研发汽车的经历,借此说明管理者与普通雇员对工作的不同投入。

今日一问

下班之后,你是否愿意花几分钟想想今天的工作怎样能做得更好?

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