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P.T. 巴纳姆:赚钱的艺术·摘录 43

P.T. 巴纳姆《赚钱的艺术》· The Art of Money Getting · 投资

A few days elapse and it is discovered he must put in ten thousand dollars more: soon after he is told "it is all right," but certain matters not foreseen, require an advance of twenty thousand dollars more, which will bring him a rich harvest; but before the time comes around to realize, the bubble bursts, he loses all he is possessed of, and then he learns what he ought to have known at the first, that however successful a man may be in his own business, if he turns from that and engages ill a business which he don't understand, he is like Samson when shorn of his locks his strength has departed, and he becomes like other men.

出处: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8581
定位:Excerpt 43 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录

白话

过几天发现还得再投一万美元;不久又被告知“没问题”,但某些没预料到的情况要求再追加两万,说这样能带来丰厚回报;可还没等到收获,泡沫就破了,他赔光所有,这才明白一开始就该懂的道理:一个人不管在自己本行多成功,一旦转去做自己不懂的生意,就像参孙被剃掉头发,力气没了,变得和普通人一样。教训是:别轻易跨进不熟悉的领域,尤其当有人不断让你追加投资时,要警惕。

上下文

巴纳姆在《赚钱的艺术》中用这个例子警告商人不要盲目投资自己不懂的生意,以免被层层加码拖垮。

今日一问

你最近有没有被“再投一点就能回本”的说法打动?那件事你真的懂吗?

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