完形填空。      The world is filled with smart,   1  , educated and gifted people. We meet them every day. A few days
ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a   2  and the young mechanic had it   3  in just a few
minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply   4  the engine. I was amazed.
     I am   5  shocked at how   6  talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of
Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant who specializes   7  the medical trade
was telling me how many doctors and dentists   8  financially. All this time, I thought that when they
graduated, the dollars would   9  . It was this business consultant   10  gave me the phrase, "They are one
skill away from great    11  ."  
     What this phrase means is that most people need only to learn and master one more skill and their
income would   12  exponentially (成倍的). I have mentioned before that   13  intelligence is a synergy (增
效作用) of accounting, investing, marketing and law.   14  those four technical skills and making money
with money is easier. When it   15  to money, the only skill most people know is to work hard.
     When I ask the classes I teach, "How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald"s?"
almost all the students raise their hands. I then ask, "So if most of you can cook a better hamburger,   16  
McDonald"s makes more money than you?" The answer is   17  : McDonald"s is excellent at business
systems. The reason so many talented people are poor is because they   18  on building a better hamburger
and know little or   19  about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus
on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger   20  the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger.

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