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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 187

奥里森·斯威特·马登《向前进》· Pushing to the Front · 领导

On the floor of the gold-working room, in the United States Mint at Philadelphia, there is a wooden lattice-work which is taken up when the floor is swept, and the fine particles of gold-dust, thousands of dollars' yearly, are thus saved. So every successful man has a kind of network to catch "the raspings and parings of existence, those leavings of days and wee bits of hours" which most people sweep into the waste of life. He who hoards and turns to account all odd minutes, half hours, unexpected holidays, gaps "between times," and chasms of waiting for unpunctual persons, achieves results which astonish those who have not mastered this most valuable secret.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 187 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

在费城美国铸币厂的金加工车间地板上,有一种木制网格,扫地时会被拿起来,用来收集细小的金粉,每年能省下数千美元。同样,每个成功的人都有一种“网”,能捕捉“生活的碎屑、日子的残余和零碎的小时”,而大多数人却把这些扫进生命的垃圾堆。那些把零散时间——意外的假期、等待的间隙——都积攒并利用起来的人,能取得惊人的成果。关键是要有意识地去收集和利用这些碎片时间。

上下文

作者奥里森·斯威特·马登是19世纪末美国励志作家,此处用铸币厂收集金粉的比喻说明珍惜零碎时间。

今日一问

你生活中有哪些“金粉”般的零碎时间,正被白白扫掉?

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