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1、差距JohnandBobbyjoinedawholesalecompanytogtherjustaftergraduationfromcollegethesameyear.Bothworkedveryhard.Afterseveralyears,however,thebosspromotedBobbytotheposotionofmanagerbutJohnremainedanordinaryemployee.Johncouldnottakeitanymore,tenderedhisresignationtothebossandcomplainedthebossdidnotkno
2、whowtodelegateanddidnotvaluehardworkingstaff,butonlypromotedthosewhoflatteredhim. 約翰和博比同年大學(xué)畢業(yè)后,被同一家批發(fā)公司錄用。他們二人工作都很努力。然而,幾年后,老板提拔博比為部門(mén)經(jīng)理,而約翰還是一名普通員工。約翰再也無(wú)法忍受,沖動(dòng)之下寫(xiě)了一封辭職信,并抱怨老板不會(huì)用人,不重用那些敬業(yè)的員工,只提升那些奉承他的人?! hebossknewthatJohnworkedveryhardfortheyears.Hethoughtamomentandsaid,"Thankyouforyourcrit
3、icism,butIhavearequest.Ihopeyouwilldoonemorethingforourcompanybeforeyouleave.Perhapsyouwillchangeyourdecisionandtakebackyourresignation." 老板知道這幾年約翰工作確實(shí)很努力。他想了一會(huì)兒說(shuō):“謝謝你對(duì)我的批評(píng)。但是我只有一個(gè)請(qǐng)求,我希望在你離開(kāi)之前再為公司做一件事情?;蛟S到時(shí)你會(huì)改變決定,收回辭呈。” Johnagreed.Thebossaskedhimtogoandfindoutanyonesellingwatermeloninthemar
4、ket.Johnwentandreturnedsoon.Hesaidhehadfoundoutamansellingwatermelon.Thebossaskedhowmuchperkg?Johnshookhisheadandwentbacktothemarkettoaskandreturnedtoinformtheboss$1.2perkg. 約翰答應(yīng)了。老板讓他去市場(chǎng)找到一個(gè)賣西瓜的人。約翰去了并很快回來(lái)。他說(shuō)他找到了一個(gè)賣西瓜的人。老板問(wèn)他每公斤多少錢(qián)?約翰搖搖頭,回到市場(chǎng)去問(wèn),然后又回來(lái)告訴老板每公斤1.2美元?! osstoldJohntowaitasecond,an
5、dhecalledBobbytocometohisoffice.HeaskedBobbytogoandfindanyoneselingwatermeloninthemarket.Bobbywent,returnedandsaid,boss,onlyonepersonsellingwatermelon.$1.2perkg,$10for10kg,hehasinventoryof340melons.Onthetable58melons,everymelonweightsabout2kg,boughtfromtheSouthtwodaysago,theyarefreshandred,go
6、odquality. 老板讓約翰等一會(huì)兒,這時(shí)他把博比叫到辦公室。他讓博比去市場(chǎng)找到一個(gè)賣西瓜的人。博比去了,回來(lái)之后說(shuō):“老板,只有一個(gè)賣西瓜的人,每公斤1.2美元,每10公斤賣10美元。這個(gè)人一共有340個(gè)西瓜,其中58個(gè)放在貨架上,每個(gè)西瓜重約2公斤,都是兩天前從南方運(yùn)來(lái)的,新鮮,紅瓤,質(zhì)量好?!薄 ohnwasveryimpresedandrealizedthedifferencebetweenhimselfandBobby.HedecidednottoresignbuttolearnfromBobby. 約翰受到很大的觸動(dòng),他意識(shí)到自己與博比之間的差距。他決定收回
7、辭呈并向博比學(xué)習(xí)?! ydearfriends,amoresuccessfulpersonismoreobservant,thinksmoreandexploresindepth.Chancesexistsinthedailydetails.Forthesamematter,amoresuccessfulpersonseesmoreandfarthersothathecanfindoutanopportunityandcatchittorealizehisaim.Ifapers