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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 256

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

"The scholarship I had won amounted to only sixty dollars a year. It seems little enough, but I can say now, after nearly thirty years, that the winning of it was the greatest success I ever have had. I have had other rewards, which, to most persons, would seem immeasurably greater, but with this difference: that first success was essential; without it I could not have gone on. The others I could have done without, if it had been necessary."

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 256 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

他赢得的奖学金每年只有六十美元,看似不多,但近三十年后他说,赢得它才是他一生最大的成功。后来也有别的回报,在多数人看来大得多,但区别在于:第一次成功是必需的,没有它就走不下去;其余的,必要时没有也行。核心是:真正关键的成功往往不是最风光的那个,而是打开第一道门的那一步。做法是:珍视并全力拿下那个能让你继续前进的起点。

上下文

自述者回顾一生,把当年那笔小额奖学金视为最重要的成功,因为它开启了后续所有可能。

今日一问

你人生中那个“打开第一道门”的关键一步是什么?

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