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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯:自助论·摘录 181
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
We have abundant illustrations, in our own day, of the fact that the highest intellectual power is not incompatible with the active and efficient performance of routine duties. Grote, the great historian of Greece, was a London banker. And it is not long since John Stuart Mill, one of our greatest living thinkers, retired from the Examiner’s department of the East India Company, carrying with him the admiration and esteem of his fellow officers, not on account of his high views of philosophy, but because of the high standard of efficiency which he had established in his office, and the thoroughly satisfactory manner in which he had conducted the business of his department.
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今天有大量例子证明,最高的智力与高效完成日常事务并不矛盾。伟大的希腊史家格罗特是伦敦银行家。不久前,我们最伟大的思想家之一约翰·斯图尔特·穆勒从东印度公司稽查部退休,他带走的是同事的钦佩和尊重,不是因为他高深的哲学见解,而是因为他在办公室建立了高效率的标准,并且把部门业务处理得令人完全满意。这说明,脑力再强的人也能把琐碎工作做好,关键是把日常职责当成一种标准来要求自己。
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斯迈尔斯《自助》中举19世纪英国名人例子,说明智力与实务可兼得。
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你能否把一件日常琐事做到让同事完全放心?
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