英语短文-不做有才华的穷人 Don't work for money

英语短文不做有才华的穷人Don'tworkformoneytheworldisfilledwithsmart,talented,educatedandgiftedpeople.wemeetthemeveryday.afewdaysago,mycarwasnotrunningwell.ipulleditintoagarage,andtheyoungmechanichaditfixedinjustafewminutes.heknewwhatwaswrongbysimplylisteningtotheengine.iwasamazed.thesadtruthis,greattalentisnotenough.世界上满坑满谷都是精明能干、才华横溢、学富五车以及极具天赋之人，我们每天都会见到他们。几天前，我的汽车运转不灵了。我把它开进维修厂，一位年轻的机械工只消几分钟就把它修好了。他仅凭倾听发动机的声音就能确定哪儿有毛病，这让我惊奇不已。然而遗憾的是，光有非凡才华是不够的。iamconstantlyshockedathowlittletalentedpeopleearn.iheardtheotherdaythatlessthan5percentofamericansearnmorethan$100,000ayear.abusinessconsultantwhospecializesinthemedicaltradewastellingmehowmanydoctors,dentistsandchiropractorsstrugglefinancially.allthistime,ithoughtthatwhentheygraduated,thedollarswouldpourin.itwasthisbusinessconsultantwhogavemethephrase,“theyareoneskillawayfromgreatwealth.”whatthisphrasemeansisthatmostpeopleneedonlytolearnandmasteronemoreskillandtheirincomewouldjumpexponentially.ihavementionedbeforethatfinancialintelligenceisasynergyofaccounting,investing,binethosefourtechnicalskillsandmakingmoneywithmoneyiseasier.whenitcomestomoney,theonlyskillmostpeopleknowistoworkhard.我常常吃惊，为什么有才华的人却只有微薄的收入。前几天我听人说，只有不到5％的美国人年收入在10万美元以上。一位精通药品贸易的商务顾问曾经告诉我，有许多医生、牙医和按摩师生活拮据。以前我总以为他们一毕业，财源便会滚滚而来。这位商务顾问告诉了我一句话：“离发大财，他们还差一项技能。”这句话的意思是说，大部分人还需多学习并掌握一项技能，他们的收入才能呈指数倍增长。以前我提到过，财商是会计、投资、市场营销和法律方面的能力综合。将上述四种专业技能结合起来，以钱生钱就会更容易。说到钱，大部分人所知的唯一技能就是拼命工作。whenigraduatedfromtheu.s.merchantmarineacademyin1969,myeducateddadwashappy.standardoilofcaliforniahadhiredmeforitsoil-tankerfleet.ihadagreatcareeraheadofme,yetiresignedaftersixmonthswiththecompanyandjoinedthemarinecorpstolearnhowtofly.myeducateddadwasdevastated.richdadcongratulatedme.1969年，我从美国海运学院毕业了。我那有学识的爸爸十分高兴，因为加州标准石油公司录用我为它的油轮队工作。尽管我的未来前程远大，但我还是在6个月后辞职离开了这家公司，加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。对此我那有学识的爸爸非常伤心，而富爸爸则祝贺我做出的决定。cateddadthoughtiwenttoschooltolearntobeaship'sofficer.richdadknewthatiwenttoschooltostudyinternationaltrade.soasastudent,imadecargoruns,navigatinglargefreighters,oiltankersandpassengershipstothefareastandthesouthpacific.whilemostofmyclassmates,includingmike,werepartyingattheirfraternityhouses,iwasstudyingtrade,peopleandculturesinjapan,thailand,singapore,hongkong,vietnam,koreaandthephilippines.ialsowaspartying,butitwasnotinanyfrathouse.igrewuprapidly.对于有学识的爸爸来说，稳定的工作就是一切。而对于富爸爸来说，学习才是一切。有学识的爸爸以为我上学是为了做一名船长，而富爸爸明白我上学是为了学习国际贸易。因此，在做学生时，我跑过货运、为前往远东及南太平洋的大型货轮、油轮和客轮导航。当我的大部分同班同学，包括迈克，在他们的联谊会会堂举办晚会的时候，我正在日本、泰国、新加坡、中国香港、越南、韩国和菲律宾学习贸易、人际关系和文化。我也参加晚会，但不去任何联谊会，我迅速地成熟起来了。thereisanoldclichethatgoes,“jobisanacronymfor‘justoverbroke.'”andunfortunately,iwouldsaythatthesayingappliestomillionsofpeople.becauseschooldoesnotthinkfinancialintelligenceisintelligence,mostworkers“livewithintheirmeans.”theyworkandtheypaythebills.insteadirecommendtoyoungpeopletoseekworkforwhattheywilllearn,morethanwhattheywillearn.lookdowntheroadatwhatskillstheywanttoacquirebeforechoosingaspecificprofessionandbeforegettingtrappedinthe“ratrace”.oncepeoplearetrappedinthelifelongprocessofbillpaying,theybecomelikethoselittlehamstersrunningaroundinthoselittlemetalwheels.theirlittlefurrylegsarespinningfuriously,thewheelisturningfuriously,butcometomorrowmorning,they'llstillbeinthesamecage:greatjob.常言道,“工作(job)就是'比破产强一点(justoverbroke)'的缩写”。然而不幸的是，这句话确实适用于千百万人，因为学校没有把财商看作是一种才智，大部分工人都“量入为出”：干活挣钱，支付账单。相反，我劝告年轻人在寻找工作时要看看能从中学到什么，而不是只看能挣到多少。在选择某种特定职业之前或是陷入“老鼠赛跑(激烈的竞争)”之前，要好好掂量自己到底需要获得什么技能。一旦人们为支付账单而整天疲于奔命，就和那些在小铁轮里不停奔跑转圈的小老鼠一样了。老鼠的小毛腿跑得飞快，小铁轮也转得飞快，可到了第二天早上，他们发现自己依然困在同一个老鼠笼里，那就是：重要的工作。wheniasktheclassesiteach,“howmanyofyoucancookabetterhamburgerthanmcdonald's?”almostallthestudentsraisetheirhands.ithenask,“soifmostofyoucancookabetterhamburger,howcomemcdonald'smakesmoremoneythanyou?”theanswerisobvious:mcdonald'sisexcellentatbusinesssystems.thereasonsomanytalentedpeoplearepoorisbecausetheyfocusonbuildingabetterhamburgerandknowlittleornothingaboutbusinesssystems.theworldisfilledwithtalentedpoorpeople.alltoooften,they'repoororstrugglefinanciallyorearnlessthantheyarecapableof,notbecauseofwhattheyknowbutbecauseofwhattheydonotknow.theyfocusonperfectingtheirskillsatbuildingabetterhamburgerratherthantheskillsofsellinganddeliveringthehamburger.当我在自己教授的班级上问到“你们当中有多少人做的汉堡包能比麦当劳更好”时，几乎所有的学生都举起了手。我接着问，“如果你们当中大