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奥里森·斯威特·马登:向前进·摘录 51

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

Don't _wait_ for your opportunity. _Make it_,--make it as the shepherd-boy Ferguson made his when he calculated the distances of the stars with a handful of glass beads on a string. Make it as George Stephenson made his when he mastered the rules of mathematics with a bit of chalk on the grimy sides of the coal wagons in the mines. Make it, as Napoleon made his in a hundred "impossible" situations. Make it, as _all leaders of men_, in war and in peace, have made their chances of success. Golden opportunities are nothing to laziness, but industry makes the commonest chances golden.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21291
定位:Excerpt 51 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

别等机会,去造机会。怎么造?看例子:牧童弗格森用一串玻璃珠算星星的距离;史蒂芬森用粉笔在矿车脏边上学会数学;拿破仑在无数“不可能”的处境里造出机会;所有战争与和平中的领袖都是自己造出成功的机会。核心是:机会对懒人毫无意义,对勤快人,最普通的境遇也能变成金机会。做法是别把“条件不够”当理由,用手边仅有的东西开始干,边干边补。

上下文

马登在《奋力向前》中举弗格森、史蒂芬森、拿破仑等例子,鼓励读者主动创造机会。

今日一问

你手边“仅有的那点东西”是什么?能用它先开始做什么?

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