Takecompetition； .
—， Ibelieve， ； timespentinfightingcompetitioniswasted； ithadbetterbespentindoingthework.
Therearealwaysenoughpeoplereadyandanxioustobuy， providedyousupplywhattheywantandattheproperprice—andthisappliestopersonalservicesaswellastogoods.
， ' sworkinofficehours， totakeuptheworkinthemorning， todropitintheevening—andnothaveacareuntilthenextmorning， Itisperfectlypossibletodothatifoneissoconstitutedastobewillingthroughallofhislifetoacceptdirection， tobeanemployee， possiblyaresponsibleemployee， butnotadirectorormanagerofanything.
Amanuallabourermusthavealimitonhishours， ， thenheshouldforgetabouthisworkwhenthewhistleblows， butifheintendstogoforwardanddoanything， thewhistleisonlyasignaltostartthinkingovertheday' sworkinordertodiscoverhowitmightbedonebetter.
， becauseIdonotknow， whetherthemanwhoworksalways， whoneverleaveshisbusiness， whoisabsolutelyintentupongettingahead， andwhothereforedoesgetahead—ishappierthanthemanwhokeepsofficehours， ， wellandgood， thatishisaffair——.
Concretely， whatImostrealizedaboutbusinessinthatyear—andIhavebeenlearningmoreeachyearwithoutfindingitnecessarytochangemyfirstconclusions—isthis：
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—itmakesamanafraidofcompetition， ofchanginghismethods， orofdoinganythingwhichmightchangehiscondition.
—ofdoingtheworkinthebestpossibleway.
让我们来说说竞争。我发现竞争常常被人们视为一种威胁。竞争是一位出色的管理者凭借实力对某一个行业的垄断。这种观念源于这样一种想法：购买人群毕竟有限，因此做生意一定要抢夺先机。
