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P.T. 巴纳姆:赚钱的艺术·摘录 46
P.T. 巴纳姆《赚钱的艺术》· The Art of Money Getting · 投资
You reflect that he is worth twenty thousand dollars, and you incur no risk by endorsing his note; you like to accommodate him, and you lend your name without taking the precaution of getting security. Shortly after, he shows you the note with your endorsement canceled, and tells you, probably truly, "that he made the profit that he expected by the operation," you reflect that you have done a good action, and the thought makes you feel happy. By and by, the same thing occurs again and you do it again; you have already fixed the impression in your mind that it is perfectly safe to indorse his notes without security.
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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8581
定位:Excerpt 46 · 核对日期:2026-10-19 · 核验:短摘录
白话
你一想:他有两万身家,担保这张票据没风险;你又想帮他,就签了名,也没要抵押。不久他拿回已注销的票据,说果然赚了钱。你觉得自己做了件好事,心里舒服。过一阵同样的事又来,你又签。几次下来,你脑子里已经认定:给他担保绝对安全。问题就出在这里——第一次没出事,不等于风险不存在;每一次“顺利”都在降低你的警惕,让你把例外当成惯例。等到真出事,你已经签了太多。
上下文
巴纳姆描述担保关系如何从一次帮忙,变成习惯性签名,风险在“每次都顺利”中被悄悄放大。
今日一问
你有没有因为“上次没事”就重复做一件其实有风险的事?
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