Poor dad wanted me to specialize. That was his view on how to be paid more.
穷爸爸希望我学有所长,这是在他看来能够获得更高收入的途径。
Rich dad advised that Mike and I groom ourselves. Many corporations do the same thing.
富爸爸建议我和迈克去“培养”自己。许多企业也是这么做的。
They find a young bright student just out of business school and begin grooming that person to someday take over the company.
他们在商学院里挑选一个年轻聪明的学生,并开始“培养”他,希望有朝一日他能领导这家公司。
So these bright young employees do not specialize in one department.
因此,这些聪明的年轻人并不去专项钻研某一个部门的业务。
They are moved from department to department to learn all the aspects of business systems.
而是从一个部门跳到另一个部门,从而学到整个企业各个系统的知识。
The rich often groom their children or the children of others.
富人们也常常这样“培养”自己的或是别人的孩子。
By doing so, their children gain an overall knowledge of the operations of the business and how the various departments interrelate.
通过这种方法,孩子们能对如何经营一家企业有一个整体的认识,并可以了解不同部门的相互关系。
For the World War II generation, it was considered bad to skip from company to company.
对于经历过第二次世界大战的那一代人来说,从一家公司跳槽到另一家公司是一件坏事。
Today, it is considered smart.
而今天人们却认为这是明智之举。
Since people will skip from company to company rather than seek greater specialization, why not seek to learn more than to earn?
既然人们从一家公司跳到另一家公司,不是为了寻求更深入的专业知识,那为什么不借此机会多学习而别光想多挣钱呢?
In the short term, it may earn you less, in the long term it will pay off large dividends .
尽管从短期来看,你的薪水可能会减少;但从长远来看,你将从中获得巨大的收益。
The main management skills needed for success are: the management of cash flow,
成功所必需的管理技能包括:对现金流的管理、
the management of systems(including yourself and time with family), and the management of people.
对系统(包括你本人、时间及家庭)的管理、对人员的管理。
The most important specialized skills are sales and understanding marketing.
最重要的专门技能是销售和对市场营销的理解。