【英譯漢】

The Road to Success

　　It is well that young men should begin at the beginning and occupy the most subordinate　positions. Many of the leading businessmen　of Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility　thrust upon them at the very threshold of their career. They were introduced to the broom,　and spent the first hours of their business lives sweeping out the office. I notice we have　janitors and janitresses now in offices, and our young men unfortunately miss that salutary　branch of business education. But if by chance the professional sweeper is absent any　morning, the boy who has the genius of the future partner in him will not hesitate to try his　hand at the broom. It does not hurt the newest comer to sweep out the office if necessary.

　　I was one of those sweepers myself.　Assuming that you have all obtained employment and are fairly started, my advice to you　is ―aim high ‖. I would not give a fig for the young man who does not already see himself　the partner or the head of an important firm. Do not rest content for a moment in your　thoughts as head clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any concern, no matter how　extensive. Say to yourself,―My place is at the top.

　　Be king in your dreams.　And here is the prime condition of success,　the great secret: concentrate your energy,　thought, and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged. Having　begun in one line, resolve to fight it out on that line, to lead in it, adopt every improvement,　have the best machinery, and know the most about it. The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their capital, which means that　they have scattered their brains also. They have investments in this, or that, or the other,　here there, and everywhere.

　　―Don‘t put all your eggs in one basket. is all wrong. I tell you　to ―put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket. Look round you and take　notice, men who do that not often fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one basket. It is　trying to carry too many baskets that breaks most eggs in this country. He who carries　three baskets must put one on his head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. One fault　of the American businessman is lack of concentration.　To summarize what I have said: aim for the highest; never enter a bar room; do not touch　liquor, or if at all only at meals; never speculate; never indorse beyond your surplus cash　fund; make the firm‘s interest yours; break orders always to save owners; concentrate; put　all your eggs in one basket, and watch that basket; expenditure always within revenue;　lastly, be not impatient, for as Emerson says, ―no one can cheat you out of ultimate　success but yourselves.