《如何致富》作者：菲利克斯·丹尼斯
8 Steps to Get Rich
致富的 8 个步骤
One of the World’s Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets from “How to Get Rich” by Felix Dennis
世界上最伟大的企业家之一分享他在《如何致富》中的秘诀——菲利克斯·丹尼斯著
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1. Focus on execution, not ideas
1. 专注于执行，而非想法
Ignore ‘great ideas’. Concentrate on great execution.
忽略“伟大的想法”。专注于卓越的执行。
The more you practice, the harder you sweat, the luckier you get.
你练习得越多，流汗越辛苦，运气就会越好。
Ideas don’t make you rich. The correct execution of ideas does.
想法不会让你富有，正确执行想法才会。
The follow-through, the execution, is a thousand times more important than a ‘great idea’.
执行和跟进比一个“好主意”重要一千倍。
Preparation is the key. Be prepared. Do the heavy lifting and the homework in advance. Get on with the job, but remain alert enough to spot an opportunity when it arrives. Then hammer it.
准备是关键。要有所准备。提前做好繁重的工作和功课。着手进行任务，但保持警觉，以便在机会来临时抓住它。然后全力以赴。
“The harder I practised, the luckier I got.” — Gary Player
“我练习得越努力，我就越幸运。” —— 加里·普莱尔“Luck is a dividend of sweat.” — Ray Kroc
“运气是汗水的红利。”——雷·克洛克
2. Facilitate self-confidence
2. 促进自信心
Confidence is the key to becoming rich.
自信是致富的关键。
Confidence and an unshakeable belief it can be done and that you are the one to do it.
信心和坚定不移的信念，相信这件事能够完成，并且你就是那个能够完成它的人。
If you think that it can’t be done and dwell on that thought too long, then you are likely to remain poor.
如果你认为这件事无法完成，并且长时间沉浸在这种想法中，那么你很可能会一直贫穷下去。
Without self-belief nothing can be accomplished. With it, nothing is impossible.
没有自信，一事无成。有了自信，无所不能。
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it! Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” — Goethe
“无论你能做什么，或梦想自己能做什么，开始行动吧！勇敢中蕴含着天才、力量和魔力。” —— 歌德
3. Always be learning 3. 永远保持学习
Anyone not busy learning is busy dying.
Curiosity has led many a man and women into the valley of serious wealth. Ambition, fearlessness, self-belief, stamina, a degree of callousness, a willingness to learn. These are your advantages over the middle-aged and the old.
好奇心曾引领无数男女步入巨额财富的殿堂。雄心、无畏、自信、耐力、一定程度的冷酷以及学习的意愿，这些都是你相较于中老年人的优势所在。
Listening is the most powerful weapon after self-belief and persistence you can bring into play as an entrepreneur.
倾听是继自信和坚持之后，作为企业家可以运用的最强大武器。
When you stop listening, you stop learning. And if you stop learning, it’s time to get out of the kitchen and let someone else do the cooking.
当你停止倾听，你就停止了学习。而如果你停止了学习，那就是时候离开厨房，让别人来掌勺了。
4. Be patient 4. 保持耐心
Stay the course. Stop looking for the green grass over the hill.
坚持到底。别再寻找山那边的绿草了。
Stamina is crucial, as is a capacity to work so hard that your best friends mock you, your lovers despair and the rest of your acquaintances watch furtively from the sidelines, half in awe and half in contempt.
耐力至关重要，同样重要的是那种拼命工作的能力，以至于你最好的朋友会嘲笑你，你的爱人会感到绝望，而其他熟人则在一旁偷偷观望，既敬畏又轻蔑。
People in poor health usually find it difficult, no matter how clever they are, to muster the stamina that becoming rich demands.
健康状况不佳的人通常会发现，无论他们多么聪明，都难以积聚致富所需的精力。
“No task is a long one but the task on which one dare not start. It becomes a nightmare.” — Charles Baudelaire
“没有一项任务是漫长的，除非是那项你不敢开始的任务。它会变成一场噩梦。” —— 夏尔·波德莱尔
5. Be an owner 5. 成为主人
To become rich you must be an owner. And you must try to own it all.
要致富，你必须成为所有者，并且必须努力拥有一切。
Never, never, never, never hand over a single share of anything you have acquired or created if you can help it. Nothing. Not one share. To no one. No matter what the reason — unless you genuinely have to.
永远、永远、永远、永远不要交出你所获得或创造的任何东西的哪怕一份股份，除非你实在别无选择。一点都不要。一份都不要。给任何人都不行。无论出于什么理由——除非你确实不得不这么做。
Ownership isn’t the important thing. If you want to be rich, it’s the only thing.
所有权并不是最重要的。如果你想变得富有，它才是唯一重要的。
6. Hire the best talent
6. 雇佣最优秀的人才
Talent is the key to sustained growth, and growth is the key to early wealth. You have to identify and hire talent. You can’t skimp on it.
人才是持续增长的关键，而增长是早期财富的关键。你必须识别并雇佣人才，不能在这方面吝啬。
Talent is indispensable, although it is always replaceable. Just remember the simple rules concerning talent: identify it, hire it, nurture it, reward it, protect it. And, when the time comes, fire it.
人才不可或缺，尽管总是可以被替代。只需记住关于人才的简单规则：识别它、雇佣它、培养它、奖励它、保护它。当时机到来时，解雇它。
Hire talent smarter than you.
雇佣比你更聪明的人才。
Wine and dine talent to get it.
美酒佳肴款待人才以招揽之。
Don’t try to do it all yourself. Delegate and teach others to delegate.
不要试图自己包揽一切。学会委派并教导他人如何委派。
The exercise of delegation, used responsibly, allows you to bring out the best in others and to make yourself rich in the process.
负责任地运用授权，能够激发他人的最佳潜能，同时在此过程中使自己更加富有。
Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.
有才华的人当然希望有丰厚的薪水，但令人惊讶的是，他们往往更被新的机会和挑战所吸引。
There is no point in owning 100 percent of a rubbish company. Whatever it is you intend to do to get rich, get good at it. Hire people who are better than you at it. Listen and learn and get better still at it.
拥有一家糟糕公司的百分之百股份毫无意义。无论你打算通过什么方式致富，都要精通它。雇佣那些在这方面比你更优秀的人。倾听、学习，并不断进步。
7. Never give up 7. 永不放弃
Persistence is a powerful tool in the hands of a hungry young hustler on the make.
坚持是一个饥饿的年轻奋斗者手中的强大工具。
Fear of failing in the eyes of the world is the single biggest impediment to amassing wealth.
害怕在世人眼中失败是积累财富的最大障碍。
“Success is never permanent; failure is never fatal. The only thing that really counts is to never, never, never give up.” — Winston Churchill
“成功绝非永恒；失败也非致命。真正重要的是永不、永不、永不放弃。” —— 温斯顿·丘吉尔“When going through hell, keep going.” — Winston Churchill
“当你身处地狱，继续前行。” —— 温斯顿·丘吉尔
8. Don’t overdo it 8. 不要过度
If I had my time again, knowing what I know today, I would dedicate myself to making just enough to live comfortably (say £30 or £40 million), as quickly as I could — hopefully by the time I was thirty-five years old. I would then cash out immediately and retire to write poetry and plant trees.
如果我能重来一次，以我今日所知，我会致力于尽快赚取足够舒适生活的财富（比如 3000 万或 4000 万英镑），希望能在三十五岁前实现。然后我会立即套现，退休去写诗和种树。
Sell before you need to, or when bored.
在需要之前或感到无聊时卖出。
Whoever dies with the most toys doesn’t win. Real winners are people who know their limits and respect them.
拥有最多玩具的人死去并不算赢。真正的赢家是那些了解并尊重自己极限的人。
Time is the most precious thing in life that riches can supply. To make the money to do what the hell you want.
时间是人生中最宝贵的财富，金钱无法替代。赚钱是为了让你能做自己想做的事。
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