指尖阅读— 你的生涯你做主（二十）

Usually,however, single assets in isolation don’t have much value. A competitive edge emerges where you combine different skills, experiences, and connections. For example, Joi Ito, a friend and head of the MIT Media Lab, was born in Japan but raised in Michigan. In his mid-twenties he moved back to Japan and set up one of the first commercial Internet service providers there. He also kept developing connections in the United States, investing in Silicon Valley start-ups like Flickr and Twitter, establishing the Japanese subsidiary for the early American blogging company Six Apart, and more recently helping to establish Linkedin Japan. Is Joi the only person with start-up experience who does angel investing in the Valley? No. But combining these transpacific, bilingual,tech-industry assets gives him a competitive advantage over other investors and entrepreneurs.

Your asset mix is not fixed. You can strengthen it by investing in yourself – that’s what this book is about. So if you think you lack certain assets that would make you more competitive, don’t use it as an excuse. Start developing them. In the meantime, see how you can turn a weakness into a strength. For example,you may not see inexperience as an asset to highlight, but the flip side of inexperience tends to be energy, enthusiasm, and a willingness to work and hustle in order to learn.

当今社会，无论是维生、还是想拥有大量财富，都感觉不易，其实财富来源我们自身。不妨大家静下来考虑一下。一些富有的人具有以下特点：一、他们更社会化，愿意去结交各色朋友；二、他们的思想更开阔，他们愿意去了解新兴事物；三、他们已经学会坦白承认：“我错了。”；四、他们会翻开他们想读的那类书，而不仅仅是计划；五、他们钻研个人专业知识；六、他们关注新闻，时刻保持信息的敏感度。