英語勵志美文：成功的原則

摘抄：只有你能做到，能準確無誤地指認出福特所應用的原則，就簡直可以在合適本人的任何行業裏，跟他一樣地超羣絕倫。

When Henry ford decided to produce his famous v-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block, and instructed his engineers to produce a design in one for the engine. The design was placed on paper, but the engineers agreed, to a man, that it was simply impossible to cast an eight-cylinder engine-block in one piece.

Ford said, “Produce it anyway.”

“But,” they replied, “It's impossible!”

“Go ahead.” Ford commanded, “And stay on the job until you succeed, no matter how much time is required.”

The engineers went ahead. There was nothing else for them to do, if they were to remain on the ford staff. Six months passed and nothing happened. Another six months passed, and still nothing happened. The engineers tried every conceivable plan to carry out the orders, but the thing seemed out of the question:“impossible!”

亨利福特在要製作著名的v8汽缸引擎汽車時，曾指導他手下的工程師着手設計一種引擎，要把八個汽缸全放在一起。設計的紙上功課實現了，但是工程師們都異口同聲地跟福特說，“要把八個汽缸全放在一起，壓根是不可能。”

福特說：“無論如何都要做出來。”

他們又答覆：“然而，那不可能啊!”

“着手做。”福特一聲令下， “不管花多少時光，做到交差爲止!”

工程師只得着手去做。假如他們還想呆在福特的公司裏討生涯，就別無他途可行，值得去做。過了半年，沒有動靜。又過了半年，一樣沒有半點進展。工程師們試過了所有想得出來的打算去履行命令，成果依然是：“不可能!”

At the end of the year ford checked with his engineers, and again they informed him they had found no way to carry out his orders.

“go right head,” said ford, “I want it, and I'll have it.”

They went ahead, and then, as if by a stroke of magic, the secret was discovered.

The ford determination had won once more!

This story may not be described with minute accuracy, but the sum and substance of it is correct. Deduce from it, you who wish to think and grow rich, the secret of the ford millions, if you can. You'll not have to look very far.

Henry ford was successful, because he understood and applied the principles of success. One of these is desire: knowing out the lines in which the secret of his stupendous achievement have been described. If you can do this, if you can lay your finger on the particular group of principles which made Henry ford rich, you can equal his achievements in almost any calling for which you are suited.

過了一年，福特的工程師們都不進展，他們再次告知他，他們想不出有什麼措施能夠做到的唆使。

“繼承做，”福特說。“我要八汽缸引擎，就必定要做到!”

他們持續盡力，而後好像如有神助似的，做法出籠了。

福特的信心又打贏了一仗。

這個故事興許說的不夠詳盡，但是故事的內容卻都是“如假包換”的。要想致富的你，從這個故事可以推算出福特百萬家財的機密何在。務須捨本逐末，就在面前。

亨利福特懂得成功的原則，也運用了這些原則，所以他勝利了。這些原則中，有一項就是盼望：曉得自己要做的是什麼。瀏覽這篇時，請牢記這則福特的故事，時時在字裏行間尋找他了不起的起因。只有你能做到，能準確無誤地指認出福特所應用的原則，就簡直可以在合適本人的任何行業裏，跟他一樣地超羣絕倫。