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Thomas Edison was one of that rare breed. Had the great inventor stored his money, he would have died a wealthy man. His first successful invention netted him $40,000,a huge sum in 1869. During his lifetime, he patented 1093 inventions, yet he departed the world penniless. Years later, his son Charles recalled his father's approach to money: “He considered it a raw material, like metal, to be used rather than amassed, and so he kept plowing his funds back into new objects. Several times he was all but bankrupt. But he refused to let dollar signs govern his actions."
托馬斯.愛迪生就是這種稀缺的人。如果這位大發(fā)明家把它的錢積蓄起來(lái)，去世的時(shí)候肯定是個(gè)富翁。他的 第一項(xiàng)成功發(fā)明使他賺到了四萬(wàn)美元，這在1869年是一筆巨款。他一生中，獲得了1093項(xiàng)發(fā)明專利，然而，在他離開這個(gè)世界的時(shí)候卻身無(wú)分文。 10多年以后，他的兒子查爾斯回憶起自己的父親對(duì)錢的態(tài)度時(shí)說(shuō)：“他把錢堪稱是原材料，就像金屬一樣是給人用的，而不是給人囤積的，因此他一直把自己的基金重新投資到新的項(xiàng)目中去。有好幾次他幾近破產(chǎn)，但他決不讓錢主宰他的行動(dòng)。“