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She also would spend time learning public relations, an important skill.
她還會花時間去學習公共關系這一重要的技能。
She would learn how to get millions in free publicity.
以便通過免費的公關來賺取數百萬美元。
Then, at night and on weekends, she could be writing her great novel.
然后，利用晚上和周末來創作。
When it was finished, she would be better able to sell her book.
如果她能夠做到我上面說的事，她寫的書就會暢銷。
Then, in a short while, she could be a “best-selling author.”
并且，會在很短的時間內，成為一位“暢銷書作家”。
When I graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1969, my educated dad was happy.
1969年，我從美國商船學院畢業了，我受過良好教育的爸爸十分高興。
Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet. I was a third mate.
因為加州標準石油公司錄用了我，讓我在油輪上工作。我是一個三副。
And the pay was low compared with my classmates, but it was okay for a first real job after college.
比起我的同班同學，我的工資很低，但作為我離開大學之后的第一份工作，也還算不錯。
My starting pay was about $42,000 a year, including overtime, and I only had to work for seven months. I had five months of vacation.
我的起薪是一年4.2萬美元，包括加班費。而且我一年只需工作7個月，余下的5個月是假期。
If I had wanted to, I could have taken the run to Vietnam with a subsidiary shipping company and easily doubled my pay instead of taking five months of vacation.
如果我愿意的話，還可以用那5個月的假期隨一家附屬船舶運輸公司的船只到越南去，這樣年收入能翻一番。
I had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly.
盡管前途光明，但我還是在6個月后辭職了，加入海軍陸戰隊去學習飛行。
My educated dad was devastated. Rich dad congratulated me.
對此我受過良好教育的爸爸非常失望，富爸爸則祝賀我作出了這樣的決定。
In school and in the workplace, the popular opinion is the idea of specialization.
在學校和工作單位，最普遍的觀點就是“專業化”。
That is, in order to make more money or get promoted, you need to specialize.
也就是說，為了掙更多的錢或者能升職，你需要更加專業化。
That is why medical doctors immediately begin to seek a specialty such as orthopedics or pediatrics.
這就是醫生們要早早尋求某種專長——如骨科或兒科——的原因。
The same is true for accountants, architects, lawyers, pilots, and others.
對于會計師、建筑師、律師、飛行員及其他很多專業人士也是這樣。
