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Jack, 29, was fired by his company, but he didn't lose heart. After taking a fancy（看中） to a construction company, he sent the first job application letter to the boss.
傑克二十九歲了，被公司炒了魷魚，但他並沒有灰心。他看中一家建築公司，就給公司的老闆寄去一封求職信。
He didn't put up a bluff（虛張聲勢） for himself in the letter, but simply wrote, “Please offer me a job.” Upon receiving the letter, the boss ordered his clerk to reply, “Our company isn't short of an employee.”
信裡他沒有自吹自擂，就簡單地寫了一句：“請給我一份工作吧。” 老闆收到信，讓職員回了信。信裡說：“我們公司不缺人手。”
But Jack didn't give up and wrote the second letter to the boss. This time, he didn't brag（誇耀） about himself, but added a more “Please” on the basis of the first one, “Please please offer me a job.”
可是傑克沒有放棄，他又給老闆寫了一封信。這次，他還是沒有自我吹捧，就在前一封信的基礎上加上了一個“請”字，他寫道：“請，請給我一份工作吧。”
Since then, Jack wrote two application letters to the company every day. He didn't talk about himself in any letter, but only added a more “Please” at the beginning of the previous letter. After 60 letters, the boss could remain calm no longer and replied himself, “Please come to the company for an interview right away.”
從那以後，傑克每天都給這家公司寫兩封求職信，信裡對自己隻字不提，只是每一封都在前一封的基礎上加上一個“請”字。 連寫了六十封信之後，老闆再也坐不住了，親自回信說：“請即刻來公司面試。”
Jack's success was not eager to explain how wonderful he was, but did his utmost to show his sincerity and respect.
傑克之所以成功了，並不是因為他急於向人展示自己如何優秀，而是因為他儘自己的最大努力表示出了誠意和尊敬。
Very often, what people care about is not what you have, but what relationship you have with them. Jack successfully created a “relationship” instead of with money or even with talent, but only with 60 “Pleases”. Success is so simple.
很多時候，別人在乎的不是你擁有什麼，而是你和他們的關係。傑克成功地建立了一種“人際關係”，不是用錢，甚至也不是因為他有才華，就用了六十個“請”字。 成功就是如此簡單。
真誠謙卑之人往往更容易被機會垂青。
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