The Road to Success(3)

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　　The Road to Success(3)
        　　成功之路
        　　安德鲁.卡耐基
        　　The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other, here there, and everywhere. “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” is all wrong. I tell you to “put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.” Look round you and take notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault of the American businessman is lack of concentration.
        　　过于分散自己资本的企业，注定会失败，因为分散资本就意味着分散了他们的精力。他们向这方面投资，又向那方面投资;在这里投资，在那里投资，到处都投资。“不要把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里”的说法其实大错特错。我要对你说：“把所有的鸡蛋都放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好那个篮子。”看看你周围，你会注意到：这么做的人其实很少失败。提着一个篮子并看好它，并不太难。在我们国家，想同时提很多篮子的人往往打破的鸡蛋最多。提三个篮子的人，必须把一个顶在头上，而这个篮子很可能掉下来，把他自己绊倒。美国商人的一个错误就是没有集中自己的精力。
        　　To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash fund; make the firm’s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue; lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, “no one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourselves.”
        　　总结一下，我所说的：要志存高远;不要出入酒吧;要滴酒不沾，要喝也只在用餐时喝少许;不要投机;不要寅吃卯粮;要把公司的利益当作你自己的利益;要专注;把所有的鸡蛋放在一个篮子里，然后小心地看好它;要量入为出;最后一点，要有耐心，就像艾默生所言：“除了你自己没人能真正阻止你成功。”
        　　5.scatter n. 散布, 零星少量 vt. 驱散, 散播 vi. 分散, 消散
        　　The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.
        　　农夫把种子撒在田里。
        　　6.liquor n. 酒
        　　The liquor is 80% proof.
        　　这种酒为标准度数的80%.
        　　7.expenditure n. (时间、劳力、金钱等)支出,使用,消耗
        　　My expenditure is conditioned by my income.
        　　我的支出受我的收入限制。