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塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯：自助论·摘录 188
塞缪尔·斯迈尔斯《自助论》· Self-Help · 领导
The person who is negligent of time and its employment is usually found to be a general disturber of others’ peace and serenity. It was wittily said by Lord Chesterfield of the old Duke of Newcastle—“His Grace loses an hour in the morning, and is looking for it all the rest of the day.” Everybody with whom the unpunctual man has to do is thrown from time to time into a state of fever: he is systematically late; regular only in his irregularity. He conducts his dawdling as if upon system; arrives at his appointment after time; gets to the railway station after the train has started; posts his letter when the box has closed. Thus business is thrown into confusion, and everybody concerned is put out of temper. It will generally be found that the men who are thus habitually behind time are as habitually behind success; and the world generally casts them aside to swell the ranks of the grumblers and the railers against fortune.
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定位：Excerpt 188 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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不守时的人往往搅得周围人不得安宁。切斯特菲尔德勋爵调侃老纽卡斯尔公爵：早上丢了一小时，整天都在找它。不守时者系统性地迟到，规律地不规律，让所有相关的人抓狂，业务混乱。习惯性落后于时间的人，通常也落后于成功，最终被世界抛到抱怨者的行列。要改，就得把守时当铁律：提前规划、设闹钟、留缓冲，让准时成为系统而非偶然。
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斯迈尔斯《自助》引切斯特菲尔德勋爵的妙语，讽刺不守时者的危害。
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