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Meet Amazing Americans 企業家事業創辦者 安德魯卡內基 (Andrew Carnegie)
 
Great Northern train, west of Minot, North Dakota
為鐵道公司工作時,卡內基賺到了第一筆紅利,而鐵路也在他未來的財富中扮演了一個重要的角色

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邊工作邊長大的安德魯卡內基

史考特向卡內基解釋,當一家公司運作良好時,它會將他的獲利以紅利的方式發放給擁有公司股票的人。當卡內基收到他的第一份紅利支票時,他大喊「這就是會下金蛋的鵝!」您知道他在說什麼嗎?這是他第一次收到不需付出勞力的錢。他所提到的金蛋,代表卡內基已經學到了讓錢為他工作。
 

Scott explained to Carnegie that when a company performed well, it paid "dividends" out of its profits to people who owned its stock. When Carnegie received his first dividend check, he shouted, "Here's the goose that laid the golden eggs!" Do you know what he meant? This money was the first he had ever received without having worked for it himself. The golden eggs he was talking about meant that Carnegie had learned to let his money work for him.

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