【英文书短读】Good to Great (7)

【英文书短读】Good to Great (7)

Alan Wurtzel,  a second-generation family member who took over his family’s small company and turned it into Circuit City, perfectly captured the gestalt of this trait. When asked about differences  between himself and his counterpart CEO at Circuit City’s comparison company, Wurtzel summed up: “The show horse and the plow horse—he was more of a show horse, whereas I was more of a plow horse.”

― Jim Collins, Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't

作为家族第二代成员，艾伦·沃兹尔接管了家族里的一个小公司，却将它变成了电器城，他可谓这一气质的完美体现者。当被问及与电器城的对照公司的首席执行官有什么不同时，沃兹尔总结说：“这好像一匹用来表演的马和一匹用来拉犁的马——他更像一匹用来表演的马，而我更像一匹用来拉犁的马。