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| The world is filled with smart, 1 , educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a 2 and the young mechanic had it 3 in just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply 4 the engine. I was amazed. I am 5 shocked at how 6 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 7 the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists 8 financially. All this time, I thought that when they graduated, the dollars would 9 . It was this business consultant 10 gave me the phrase, "They are one skill away from great 11 ." What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their income would 12 exponentially (成倍的). I have mentioned before that 13 intelligence is a synergy (增 效作用) of accounting, investing, marketing and law. 14 those four technical skills and making money with money is easier. When it 15 to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard. 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, 16 McDonald's makes more money than you?" The answer is 17 : McDonald's is excellent at business systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they 18 on building a better hamburger and know little or 19 about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger 20 the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger. | ||||
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