第一份工作
She also would spend time learning public relations, an important skill.
她还会花时间去学习公共关系这一重要的技能。
She would learn how to get millions in free publicity.
以便通过免费的公关来赚取数百万美元。
Then, at night and on weekends, she could be writing her great novel.
然后，利用晚上和周末来创作。
When it was finished, she would be better able to sell her book.
如果她能够做到我上面说的事，她写的书就会畅销。
Then, in a short while, she could be a "best-selling author."
并且，会在很短的时间内，成为一位“畅销书作家”。
When I graduated from the U. S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1969, my educated dad was happy.
1969年，我从美国商船学院毕业了，我受过良好教育的爸爸十分高兴。
Standard Oil of California had hired me for its oil-tanker fleet. I was a third mate.
因为加州标准石油公司录用了我，让我在油轮上工作。我是一个三副。
And the pay was low compared with my classmates, but it was okay for a first real job after college.
比起我的同班同学，我的工资很低，但作为我离开大学之后的第一份工作，也还算不错。
My starting pay was about $42,000 a year, including overtime, and I only had to work for seven months. I had five months of vacation.
我的起薪是一年4.2万美元，包括加班费。而且我一年只需工作7个月，余下的5个月是假期。
If I had wanted to, I could have taken the run to Vietnam with a subsidiary shipping company and easily doubled my pay instead of taking five months of vacation.
如果我愿意的话，还可以用那5个月的假期随一家附属船舶运输公司的船只到越南去，这样年收入能翻一番。
I had a great career ahead of me, yet I resigned after six months with the company and joined the Marine Corps to learn how to fly.
尽管前途光明，但我还是在6个月后辞职了，加入海军陆战队去学习飞行。
My educated dad was devastated. Rich dad congratulated me.
对此我受过良好教育的爸爸非常失望，富爸爸则祝贺我作出了这样的决定。
In school and in the workplace, the popular opinion is the idea of specialization.
在学校和工作单位，最普遍的观点就是“专业化”。
That is, in order to make more money or get promoted, you need to specialize.
也就是说，为了挣更多的钱或者能升职，你需要更加专业化。
That is why medical doctors immediately begin to seek a specialty such as orthopedics or pediatrics.
这就是医生们要早早寻求某种专长——如骨科或儿科——的原因。
The same is true for accountants, architects, lawyers, pilots, and others.
对于会计师、建筑师、律师、飞行员及其他很多专业人士也是这样。
