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布克·T·华盛顿:力争上游·摘录 172
布克·T·华盛顿《力争上游》· Up from Slavery · 领导
The most serious problem, though, was to get the boarding department started off in running order, with nothing to do with in the way of furniture, and with no money with which to buy anything. The merchants in the town would let us have what food we wanted on credit. In fact, in those earlier years I was constantly embarrassed because people seemed to have more faith in me than I had in myself. It was pretty hard to cook, however, without stoves, and awkward to eat without dishes. At first the cooking was done out-of-doors, in the old-fashioned, primitive style, in pots and skillets placed over a fire. Some of the carpenters’ benches that had been used in the construction of the building were utilized for tables. As for dishes, there were too few to make it worth while to spend time in describing them.
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定位:Excerpt 172 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
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最棘手的是让食堂运转起来:没家具、没钱买东西。镇上商人愿意赊账给食物,华盛顿说常因别人比他更信任自己而尴尬。但没炉灶做饭难,没餐具吃饭别扭。最初在户外用旧式锅具架在火上做饭,用建筑用的木工台当桌子,盘子少得懒得描述。核心是:启动阶段靠信用和将就,先解决“有”的问题,再逐步改善。做法是争取赊账、利用现有材料、接受简陋,把精力放在运转上而不是体面上。
上下文
塔斯基吉学院初建时,华盛顿负责食堂,面临无钱无物的困境,只能靠赊账和代用品。
今日一问
你启动一件事时,是否因为缺这缺那而拖延?能不能先靠信用和代用品让它转起来?
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