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奥里森·斯威特·马登：向前进·摘录 164
奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导
Many of us who think we are poor are rich in opportunities, if we could only see them, in possibilities all about us, in faculties worth more than diamond bracelets. In our large Eastern cities it has been found that at least ninety-four out of every hundred found their first fortune at home, or near at hand, and in meeting common every-day wants. It is a sorry day for a young man who can not see any opportunities where he is, but thinks he can do better somewhere else. Some Brazilian shepherds organized a party to go to California to dig gold, and took along a handful of translucent pebbles to play checkers with on the voyage. After arriving in San Francisco, and after they had thrown most of the pebbles away, they discovered that they were diamonds. They hastened back to Brazil, only to find that the mines from which the pebbles had been gathered had been taken up by other prospectors and sold to the government.
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定位：Excerpt 164 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
白话
很多人觉得自己穷，其实身边满是机会和才能，只是看不见，这些才能比钻石手镯还值钱。调查发现，东部大城市里至少百分之九十四的人第一笔财富是在家附近、靠满足日常需求赚到的。一个年轻人若在本地看不到机会、只想着别处更好，那才是糟糕的一天。有巴西牧羊人组团去加州淘金，路上带了一把半透明石子当棋子玩，到了旧金山扔得差不多了才发现那是钻石，赶回去时矿脉已被别人占去卖给了政府。先认真看看脚下。
上下文
马登《奋力向前》中的例证，用巴西牧羊人把钻石当棋子扔掉的故事说明机会常在近处。
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你身边哪些日常需求还没被满足好，可能正是你的机会？
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