什么才是一份“好工作”?
<p><span word="MY">MY</span> <span word="FIRST">FIRST</span>, <span word="CHARMED">CHARMED</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="student">student</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="Business">Business</span> <span word="School">School</span>, <span word="late">late</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="summer">summer</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2001, <span word="felt">felt</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="halcyon">halcyon</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="capitalism">capitalism</span>. <span word="AOL">AOL</span> <span word="Time">Time</span> <span word="Warner">Warner</span>, <span word="Yahoo">Yahoo</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Napster">Napster</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="benevolently">benevolently</span> <span word="connecting">connecting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="Enron">Enron</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="WorldCom">WorldCom</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="bringing">bringing</span> <span word="innovation">innovation</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="hidebound">hidebound</span> <span word="industries">industries</span>. <span word="President">President</span> <span word="George">George</span> <span word="W">W</span>. <span word="Bush">Bush</span> — <span word="an">an</span> <span word="H">H</span>.<span word="B">B</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="graduate">graduate</span> <span word="himself">himself</span> — <span word="had">had</span> <span word="promised">promised</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="progress">progress</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="prosperity">prosperity</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="businesslike">businesslike</span> <span word="efficiency">efficiency</span>.</p><p>2001年夏末,我作为哈佛商学院学生度过的第一周十分愉快,感觉像是资本主义的一段昔日美好时光。美国在线时代华纳(<span word="AOL">AOL</span> <span word="Time">Time</span> <span word="Warner">Warner</span>)、雅虎(<span word="Yahoo">Yahoo</span>)和纳普斯特(<span word="Napster">Napster</span>)好心地连接着世界。安然(<span word="Enron">Enron</span>)和世界通信公司(<span word="WorldCom">WorldCom</span>)为墨守成规的行业带来了创新。乔治·<span word="W">W</span>·布什总统——他本人也是哈佛商学院的毕业生——曾承诺要以务实的效率实现进步和繁荣。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="prove">prove</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="we">we</span> (<span word="and">and</span> <span word="Washington">Washington</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="corporate">corporate</span> <span word="America">America</span>) <span word="really">really</span> <span word="understood">understood</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="time">time</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> 895 <span word="first">first</span>-<span word="years">years</span> <span word="preparing">preparing</span> <span word="ourselves">ourselves</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="business">business</span> <span word="moguldom">moguldom</span>, <span word="what">what</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="excited">excited</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="luck">luck</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="Harvard">Harvard</span> <span word="M">M</span>.<span word="B">B</span>.<span word="A">A</span>. <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="winning">winning</span> <span word="lottery">lottery</span> <span word="ticket">ticket</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="gilded">gilded</span> <span word="highway">highway</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="world">world</span>-<span word="changing">changing</span> <span word="influence">influence</span>, <span word="fantastic">fantastic</span> <span word="wealth">wealth</span> <span word="and">and</span> — <span word="if">if</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="self">self</span>-<span word="satisfied">satisfied</span> <span word="portraits">portraits</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lined">lined</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hallways">hallways</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="indication">indication</span> — <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lifetime">lifetime</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="deeply">deeply</span> <span word="meaningful">meaningful</span> <span word="work">work</span>.</p><p>接下来的几年将证明,我们(以及华盛顿和大部分美国企业)对经济和世界的真正了解是多么地少。但在当时,对895名正在准备让自己成为商业大亨的一年级新生来说,真正让我们兴奋的是我们的好运。哈佛的工商管理硕士学位就像是一张中奖的彩票,一条通往改变世界影响力的镀金高速公路,惊人的财富,以及——如果走廊两旁那些自鸣得意的肖像能说明什么的话——一份终身从事的意义深远的工作。</p>
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