Chapter 25 Twenty-fifth letter: Let every penny bring benefits

Motto: Make it worth every penny. Never take the first step without thinking through the last step. Creativity, spontaneity and belief can make the impossible possible. (I have never looked upon ease and happiness as ends in themselves, I call the ideal of a pigsty.) June21, 1914 Dear John: I am saddened that Mr. Charles has left us forever.As a faithful citizen of God, Mr. Charles has always been a very kind and rich man. He is willing to do good, and keeps using his hard-earned money to help those compatriots who are in the nightmare of poverty.I believe God will welcome him in heaven because of his love and selflessness.

It is a blessing from God to be accompanied by a sincere soul.It has been the honor of my life to have a partner like Mr. Charles.Of course, Mr. Charles's cautious nature often caused him to be at odds with me, but this in no way took away my respect for him.To lose respect for noble people is to deprive oneself of one's dignity as a human being. At that time, the top management of the company had the habit of having lunch together. Whenever it was time to eat, even though I was the first person in the company, I would reserve the seat symbolizing the core of the company for him to show my respect for his integrity.Yes, this is insignificant, noble morals should be praised.As a whole, although this is only a very small detail, such a detail may affect the entire company and the company's performance.

In fact, the partners of Standard Oil are all honest people. We all know how valuable and important mutual respect, trust, and solidarity are for cooperation, and we strive to make it a reality.Therefore, even if there are disagreements, we will only speak out and discuss the facts, and never intrigue or gossip.I believe that in such a pure atmosphere, even if someone has a wicked heart, he will keep his wicked habit at home. But this is only one of the reasons why Standard Oil is so powerful that its opponents are in awe, and the most important factor is that we regard sincere cooperation as our life.In this regard, Mr. Charles has set an example.

As the leader of the company, I sincerely proposed at a board meeting: "We are a family, we share honor and disgrace, and what our strong palms hold is our common cause. Therefore, I suggest to everyone, please don't say that I should do What, say what we should do. Never forget that we are partners and whatever we do is for the benefit of all of us.” My speech infected Mr. Charles, who was the first to respond to me: "Gentlemen, I understand, what John means is that 'we' is more important than 'me', we are a family! No Wrong! It should be us!" In that moment, I saw our great future, because we have begun to be true to "us".Don't forget, everyone is selfish, everyone's nature is to be loyal to themselves, and "I" is the religion in everyone's heart.When "we" replaces "I", its power will be immeasurable.The reason why I can achieve great success is that I manage people first, all of them.

I share the same faith as Mr. Charles, we are both devout Christians.I love one of Mr. Charles' favorite quotes: "Treasure your time and your money." I always thought it was a motto of great wisdom.I believe that the vast majority of people will like it, but it is difficult to turn it into their own ideological beliefs and value creeds, and melt it into their blood forever. Yes, no matter how rich a man's store of witty sayings may be, and however high his opinions may be, his character cannot be shaped for good unless he takes advantage of every definite opportunity for action.If you lose your good intentions, you will end up with nothing.

Almost everyone knows that whether you can build a happy life and achieve success is related to how you use your time.However, for many people, time is their enemy, they kill it and obliterate it; but if someone steals their time, they will be furious, because time is money after all, and the most important time is life.Sadly, they just don't know what to do with their time. In fact, it is not as difficult as Mr. Columbus discovered America. The important thing is that we plan every day, even every moment, and know what to think and how to take action.A plan is the basis by which we live according to our everyday circumstances, it shows what is feasible.To make a perfect plan, you must first confirm what you want; in addition, each plan must have measures and monitor the results.A plan that can be put into action and has results is a valuable plan.Of course, creativity, spontaneity, and belief can make the impossible possible and push the limits of plans, so don't let yourself be locked into plans.

Every moment is critical, and every decision affects the course of life, so we must have a strategy for making up our minds.It is not easy to make a decision too fast. When encountering an important problem, if you have not thought about the last step, you should never take the first step. Believe that there is always time to think about the problem, and there is always time to put it into action. You must promote the maturity of the plan patience.But once a decision is made, it must be faithfully carried out like a fighter. Making money won't break you is Mr. Charles' bible for getting rich.At a lunch meeting, Mr. Charles disclosed his philosophy of making money. He inspired each of us with a passion like a speaker that day. He told us that there are two kinds of people who will never be rich in the world:

The first type is the carpe diem, we like to live a glamorous life, like flies to rotten meat, interested in luxury goods, they spend money, do everything they can to have fine clothes, expensive cars, luxurious houses , and expensive works of art.This kind of life is indeed charming, but it is irrational, and the instant gratification lacks such vigilance: they are looking for ways to increase their debts, they will become poor car slaves, house slaves, and once they are bankrupt, they are finished! The second type of people, those who like to save money, of course depositing money in the bank is safe, but it is no different from freezing money. You must know that you cannot get rich by relying on interest.

However, there is a kind of people who will become rich, such as everyone here, we do not look for ways to spend money, we look for, cultivate and manage various investment methods, because we know that wealth can be used to breed more money, we Invest your money to create more wealth.But we also need to know that every penny can bring benefits!This is just like John's consistent business principle-every penny must make it worthwhile! Mr. Charles' speech won warm applause, and I was burned by him. I applauded so hard that I still felt a dull pain in my palms after the meal. Today, I can no longer hear that kind of applause, and there is no chance to applaud that kind of applause.But "cherishing time and money" has always been with me.I have no reason to waste my life. To waste my life is to waste myself. There is no greater tragedy in the world than to waste myself.Nor do I regard ease and pleasure as ends in themselves, for I call them pig ideals.

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