英语励志故事：知道自己要做的是什么
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英语励志故事：知道自己要做的是什么
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!”
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.
亨利福特在要制造有名的v8汽
缸引擎汽车时，曾指示他手下的工
程师着手设计一种引擎，要把八个汽缸全放在一起。设计的纸上作业<
br>完成了，但是工程师们都异口同声地跟福特说，“要把八个汽缸全放
在一起，压根是不可能。”<
br>
福特说：“无论如何都要做出来。”
他们又回答：“但是，那不可能啊!”
“动手做。”福特一声令下，
“不论花多少时间，做到交差为
止!”
工程师只得着手去做。如果他们还想呆在
福特的公司里讨生活，
就别无他途可行，值得去做。过了半年，没有动静。又过了半年，一
样没
有半点进展。工程师们试过了所有想得出来的计划去执行命令，
结果仍然是：“不可能!”
过了一年，福特的工程师们都没有进展，他们再次告诉他，他们
想不出有什么办法能够做到
的指示。
“继续做，”福特说。“我要八汽缸引擎，就一定要做到!”
他们继续努力，然后仿佛如有神助似的，做法出笼了。
福特的决心又打赢了一仗。
这个故事也许说的不够详尽，但是故事的内容却都是“如假包
换”
的。要想致富的你，从这个故事能够推算出福特百万家财的秘密何在。
务须舍近求远，就在
眼前。
亨利福特了解成功的原则，也使用了这些原则，所以他成功了。
这些原则
中，有一项就是渴望：知道自己要做的是什么。阅读这篇文
章时，请牢记这则福特的故事，时时在字里行
间寻找他了不起的原因。
只要你能做到，能准确无误地指认出福特所使用的原则，就几乎能够
在
适合自己的任何行业里，和他一样地出类拔萃。