分享一下最近看的一本书《Sam Walton: Made in America》,是沃尔玛创始人山姆·沃尔顿的自传书，中文版书名翻译成“富甲美国”(难道就因为他很有钱吗？不过事实不可否认是这样的)
本书讲述的是沃尔玛从诞生到闻名于世的过程，而讲述者正是沃尔玛的创始人山姆·沃尔顿本人，他就是最合适讲述这一切的人，他是这一切的创造者和见证者，从他这里得到的才是最正的版本，所以你要了解沃尔玛，这本书是最好不过的选择了，用书中的一句话概括
It is a story about entrepreneurship, and risk, and hard work, and knowing where you want to go and being willing to do what it takes to get there.
在本篇文章里我不会去写过多关于沃尔玛创业及经营的过程，我想跟大家分享一下山姆·沃尔顿总结的成功经营十项法则 (Rule 10)
RULE 1: COMMIT to your business.
Believe in it more than anybody else.
献身于你的事业
RULE 2: SHARE your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners.
In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.
与所有员工分享利润，并把他们视为同伴
RULE 3: MOTIVATE your partners.
Set high goals, encourage competition, and then keep core. Make bets with outrageous payoffs.
激励你的同伴
RULE 4: COMMUNICATE everything you possibly can to your partners.
The more they know, the more they'll understand. The more they understand, the more they'll care.
尽可能多与同事交流每一件事
RULE 5: APPRECIATE everything your associates do for the business.
Nothing else can quite substitute for a few well-chosen, well-timed, sincere words of praise.
感激合伙人为公司做的每一件事
RULE 6: CELEBRATE your successes.
Loosen up, and everybody around you will loosen up.
庆祝成功
RULE 7: LISTEN to everyone in your company.
To push responsibility down in your organization, and to force good ideas to bubble up within it, you must listen to what your associates are trying to tell you.
倾听公司里每个人的意见
RULE 8: EXCEED your customers' expectations.
Make good on all your mistakes, and don't make excuses---apologize.
超越顾客的期望
RULE 9: CONTROL your expenses better than your competition.
You can make a lot of different mistakes and still recover if you run an efficient operation. Or you can be brilliant and still go out of business if you're too inefficient.
比竞争对手更好地控制成本
RULE 10: SWIM upstream.
If everybody else is doing it one way, there's a good chance you can find your niche by going in exactly the opposite direction.
激流勇进
不知有没有细心的小伙伴发现，这十项法则都是由一个动词开头，每条法则都是一项动作，也寓意着要行动起来，这样的句式也称为祈使句
所以这十项法则的重点就是这十个动词COMMIT、SHARE、MOTIVATE、COMMUNICATE、APPRECIATE、CELEBRATE、LISTEN、EXCEED、CONTROL、SWIM
看似创业的法则，其实同样适用于工作和学习中，道理都是类似的，要对从事的工作和学习有热情，多和人交流，分享信息，乐于倾听，积极向上
所以，沃尔玛成功的十项法则同样能够对各行各业有所启示
My life has been a tradeoff. If I wanted to reach the goals I set for myself, I had to get at it and stay at it every day. I had to think about it all the time.
经常有很多人寻找成功的捷径，但是上面这句话山姆·沃尔顿表达了成功没有捷径，唯有脚踏实地、努力奋斗、好好工作、锲而不舍，才能实现目标，他的一生也都是如此表现的，工作狂马斯克也表达过同样的观点，可以看看我之前写的一篇关于马斯克的文章
对于语言学习来说同样如此，语言学习是一个长期的过程，量变才能质变，几乎没有所谓的速成大法，对于绝大多数人来说也没有捷径可言，积跬步才能致千里
一口吃不成胖子，别再去找速成的材料，你需要做的是沉下心来每天学习，并持之以恒，付出才能有收获，付出越多才能收获
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can.
I was driven by a desire to always be on the top of the heap.
整本书，或者说山姆·沃尔顿的一生都在强调热情的重要性，并表示热情与渴望是成功的必要条件，个人表示非常赞同，只有对所做的事有足够的热情才能做好并有动力坚持下去
不知你是否能从山姆·沃尔顿的沃尔玛故事中得到一些新年的启示
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