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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 a2 and the young mechanic had it3in just a few
minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply4the engine. I was amazed.
I am5shocked at how6talented 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 specializes7the medical trade
was telling me how many doctors and dentists8financially. All this time, I thought that when they
graduated, the dollars would9. It was this business consultant10gave me the phrase, 'They are one
skill away from great11.'
What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and one more skill and their
income would12exponentially (成倍的). I have mentioned before that13intelce is a synergy (增
效作用) of accounting, investing, marketing and law.14those four technical skills and money
with money is easier. When it15to 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 is17: McDonald's is excellent at business
systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they18 on building a better hamburger
and know little or19about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus
on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger20the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.
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