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作为人生发迹的手段之一,幽默和魅力是一对效力惊人的组合。我遇见过许多凭借风趣机智和好人缘白手起家的企业家。他们谦和自敛,让我们生不起气来;我们与他们相处愉快——所以我们为什么不与他们做生意呢?当然,这里面必须讲究技巧。一味溜须拍马,开一些干巴巴的玩笑,不会产生同样的魔力。英国人认为,人生在世,就得苦中作乐。在伦敦,说一个人缺乏幽默感,等于是说他一无是处。我出席的许多重要会议,都以一些善意的玩笑开场,以此打破沉默。这种惯例提醒我们,我们都是凡人,而不完全是商业机器。外国人肯定认为我们的轻浮举止不可理喻。
As one of the means of life, humor and charm is a pair of amazing combinations. I met many entrepreneurs who started with a sense of wit and popularity. They are modest and self-contained, let us not breathe; we get along with them happy - so why do not we do business with them? Of course, there must be skills. Blindly to be flattering, open some dry joke, will not produce the same magic. The British believe that in life, you have to suffer. In London, to say that a person lacks sense of humor means that he is useless. Many of the important meetings I attend have started with some good-natured joke in order to break the silence. This practice reminds us that we are mortal, not entirely commercial machines. Foreigners must think that our flirtatious behavior is unreasonable.