《赫芬顿邮报》创始人的财富启蒙课
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时隔多年，她回答时那肯定而自信的声音似乎仍然萦绕在我耳边：“我们非常、非常富有。”接着，她和我讨论起了什么是富有。“有钱不一定富有。有钱意味着你有很多钱。而富有意味着你珍惜自己的天赋，发挥个人所长。富有意味着你什么也不缺，并能慷慨地与别人分享，不用成天担心可能失去现有的一切，也不会跟别人攀比。 说这些话的时候，她的激情溢于言表。“智慧是财富。对生活保持一份好奇心是财富。道德是财富，它是人与人之间所有关系的核心。有朋友关心你、爱你，同时你也关心他们、着爱他们，这也是财富。照顾自己、保持健康是财富，尊重自己和他人也是财富。能接受教育、保持求知欲、能进入好的学校学习，有好老师培养你，这也是财富——而且是最重要的财富，如果没有它，其他什么都无关紧要了。” 她还说：“艺术和文化是财富。世界上的艺术家都很富有。他们拥有金钱永远也买不到的才华。如果你知道你是多么富有，你就可以出去赚钱了——但只有你想挣钱的时候（才需要这么做）。” |
In a matter-of-fact tone that I can still hear, confident in her knowledge, she said, "We are very, very wealthy." And then she gave me the Talk--not the sex talk but the wealth talk. "Being rich doesn't mean you are wealthy. Being rich means you have a lot of money. Being wealthy means you value the gifts you have and you develop them. Wealth means that you have everything you need, and that you share it, too. It means being generous with what you have, not living in fear of losing what you have, and not comparing it to what anyone else has." Her passion was palpable as she spoke about these ideas. "Having intelligence is wealth. Being curious about life is wealth. Ethics is wealth--it is the integrity you have in all your relationships. Having friends who care for you and love you, and whom you care for and love, that is wealth. Taking care of yourself and being healthy is wealth, and so is having respect for yourself and your fellow human beings. Being educated, having a thirst for learning, being able to go to good schools with inspiring teachers who will help you cultivate your talents, is wealth too--the most important kind, because without that, it really doesn't matter what else you have." She went on: "The arts and culture are wealth. The artists of the world are all wealthy. They have gifts that money can never buy. And if you know how wealthy you are, then you can go make money—but only if you want to." |
