71.What is the most valuable knowledge

What is the most valuable knowledge?

I saw a story recently. It was in the United States in 1890. There was a cocktail party. Mr. Carnegie, then the richest man in the United States, was also included.

Someone introduced a young man to Carnegie. Who? It was Frederick Taylor, the famous management scientist, who invented the Taylor system.

When Carnegie heard this, he said, "young man, if you can tell me something useful about management, I'll give you a check for ten thousand dollars." It was 1890. Ten thousand dollars is not a decimal.

Taylor said, "I would suggest you list 10 most important things to do, and then start with the first one." A week later, Taylor is said to have received a $10000 check from Carnegie.

This story of course has a strong processing color, but after I read it, I still feel a lot.

The most valuable knowledge, in fact, is not the information that we have never heard of, but the information that is easy to do. We can arrange what we already know in order of importance.

最值钱的知识是什么？

最近看到一个故事。那是在​1890年的美国，有一场鸡尾酒会。美国当时的首富卡内基先生也在内。

有人就介绍一位年轻人给卡内基认识，谁呢？就是后来大名鼎鼎的管理学家弗雷德里克·泰勒，对，就是发明了“泰勒制”的那个泰勒。

卡内基一听，哎呦管理学家，说：​“年轻人，如果你能告诉我一些管理学方面有用的东西，我就给你一张一万美元的支票。”那是1890年，一万美元可不是个小数。

泰勒就说了一句话，说：“我会建议您列出10项要做的最重要的事情，然后从第一项做起。”据说一周之后，泰勒收到了卡内基给他寄来的一万美元支票。

这个故事当然有很强的加工色彩，但是我读到之后，感触还是很大。

最有价值的知识，其实不是那些我们闻所未闻的信息，而是很容易做到的、把我们已经知道的东西按照重要程度，排个顺序啊。

重点词汇

United States 美国；美利坚合众国 ; 美国

cocktail party 鸡尾酒会

ten thousand 万 ; 一万 ; 万卍

most important 重要的 ; 有重大影响的 ; 有巨大价值的 ; 影响很大的 ; 权威的 ; important的最高级

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