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The world is filled with smart, talented, educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is, great talent is not enough.
I am constantly shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors dentists and chiropractors struggle financially. All this time, I thought that when they graduated, the dollars would pour in. It was this business consultant who gave me the phrase, “They are one skill away from great wealth.” What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their income would jump exponentially. I have mentioned before that financial intelligence is a synthesis of accounting, investing, marketing and law. Combine those four technical skills and making money with money is easier. When it comes to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.
When I graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1969, my educated dad was happy. Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet. I had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly. My educated dad was devastated. Rich dad congratulated me.
Job security meant everything to my educated dad. Learning meant everything to my rich dad. Educated dad thought I went to school to learn to be a ship’s officer. Rich dad knew that I went to school to study international trade. So as a student, I made cargo runs, navigating large freighters, oil tankers and passenger ships to the Far East and the South Pacific. While most of my classmates, including Mike, were partying at their fraternity houses, I was studying trade, people and cultures in Japan, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Korea and the Philippines. I also was partying, but it was not in any fraternal house. I grew up rapidly.
There is an old cliche that goes,“Job is an acronym for ‘Just Over Broke.’” And unfortunately, I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial intelligence is intelligence, most workers “live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn. Look down the road at what skills they want to acquire before choosing a specific profession and before getting trapped in the “Rat Race”. Once people are trapped in the lifelong process of bill paying, they become like those little hamsters running around in those little metal wheels. Their little furry legs are spinning furiously, the wheel is turning furiously, but come tomorrow morning, they’ll still be in the same cage: great job.
When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask. “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how can McDonald’s make more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. All too often, they’re poor or struggle financially or earn less than they are capable of, not because of what they know but because of what they do not know. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
世上到处都是聪明灵巧、颇具才干、学富五车或极具天赋的人,我们每天都会遇到他们。几天前,我的汽车出了一点毛病。我把它开到汽车修理厂,一个年轻的机械工只用了几分钟就把它修好了。他只是听了听发动机的声音就知道毛病出在哪里,这让我感到很吃惊。但可悲的是,只有非凡的才华是远远不够的。
我时常感到震惊,为何拥有才华的人的收入都少得可怜。一天,我听说仅有不到5%的美国人年收入超过10万美元。一个对药品贸易相当熟悉的商务顾问曾这样告诉我:很多医生、牙医和按摩师还在为生计而奔波。在这之前,我一直认为只要他们从校园走出来,就会有大把大把的钞票流入他们的口袋。“他们距离发大财还少一项技能。”这是这个商务顾问告诉我的一句话。它的意思是,大多数人只有通过学习并多掌握一项技能,他们的收入才可能呈指数倍增长。之前我曾经说过,财商是综合了会计、投资、市场营销和法律方面的能力。把这四种专业技能综合在一起,以钱生钱就会变得容易一些。一提到钱,大多数人知道的唯一技巧,就是努力工作。
我于1969年毕业于美国海运学院。我那有学问的爸爸高兴极了,因为加州标准石油公司雇用我为它的油轮队工作。纵然前方有更远大的前程,可我依然在工作了六个月之后辞了职,然后加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。因为这件事,我那有学问的爸爸伤透了心,富爸爸却为我的决定表示祝贺。
对于有学问的爸爸而言,稳定的工作意味着一切。但对于富爸爸来说,学习才是全部。有学问的爸爸认为我到学校学习是想成为一名船长,而富爸爸则知道我上学是为了学习国际贸易。所以,学生时代的我,跑过货运,航行于远东及南太平洋的大型货轮、油轮和客轮导航之间。我的大多数同学,包括迈克在内,当他们在自己的联谊会会堂聚会时,我正在日本、泰国、新加坡、香港、越南、韩国和菲律宾学习贸易、人际关系和文化。我也参加聚会,可是从不参加任何联谊会,我迅速地成长起来。
有句话说得好:“工作(Job)就是‘比破产强一点(Just Over Broke)’的缩写。”但是很可悲,我要说的是,这句话用到千百万人的身上恰如其分。由于学校不把财商当做一种智能,大多数工人都“量入为出”。他们努力工作,花钱消费。与之相反的是,我提醒青年人在找工作的时候,要搞清楚从这项工作里你能学到什么,而不是能挣到多少钱。在选择某种特定职业之前或是陷入“老鼠赛跑(竞争激烈)”之前,要好好考虑自己究竟需要得到何种技能。只要人们陷入为支付账单而劳劳碌碌的陷阱中,他们就变得和那些在小铁轮里一直奔跑转周的小老鼠没有什么区别了。它们的小毛腿跑得越快,小铁轮也转得越快。等到了第二天早上,他们发现自己仍然困在同一个老鼠笼里,那就是:重要的工作。
当我在自己所教授的班级上问到“你们中有多少人做的汉堡比麦当劳更美味”时,几乎所有学生都举起了手。接着我问道:“假如你们大多数人都能做出比麦当劳更美味的汉堡,那为什么麦当劳比你们更能赚钱?”答案显而易见:麦当劳有着一整套出色的运营体系。许多颇具才干的人之所以穷困潦倒就是因为他们把心思用在了做更好的汉堡上,对运营体系知之甚少。世界上到处都是有才华的穷人。大多数情况下,他们穷困潦倒、为了生计而疲于奔命抑或收入与其所具有的能力大相径庭时,原因不在于他们已知的东西,而在于他们未知的领域。他们把注意力集中在提高和完善做汉堡的技术上,而不是在提高关于送汉堡的销售和送货技能上。
1. I pulled it_______a garage, and the young mechanic had it_______in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong_______simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The_______truth is, great talent is not enough.
2. I have mentioned_______that financial intelligence is a synthesis of accounting, investing, marketing and_______. Combine those four technical skills and making with money is easier. When it_______to money, the only skill most people_______is to work hard.
3. They_______on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger_______ than the skills of selling_______delivering the hamburger.
1. 世上到处都是聪明灵巧、颇具才干、学富五车或极具天赋的人。
2. 我时常感到震惊,为何拥有才华的人的收入都少得可怜。
3. 世界上到处都是有才华的穷人。
1. How can you sing if your mouth be filled with food?
be filled with:充满;装满;用……充满;被……充满
2. The world will be shocked at how we are using an existing engine with new art.
be shocked at:对……很震惊;对……感到惊讶
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