我的一个朋友在一家赢利丰厚的媒体公司做经理,这家公司后来与它的一个对手合并。按照合并协议,他被选入新公司的高级管理层任职。然而在重大问题上他和总经理意见不合,于是失去了工作。当我有机会向他表示同情,了解到他的下一步意图时,他对我说:“马克,说真的,我并没把这个事业上的小小不顺当回事。但我的朋友和家人却觉得这是个了不得的大灾难似的。我已50来岁了,凭手里的股票加上离 One of my friends worked as a manager in a profitable media company, which later merged with one of its opponents. In accordance with the merger agreement, he was elected to the senior management of the new company. However, on major issues, he and the general manager disagreed and lost his job. When I had the opportunity to express my sympathy to him and learn about his next intentions, he said to me, ”Mark, really, I didn’t take this small disobedience in my career seriously. But my friend And my family thinks this is a terrible catastrophe. I’m 50 years old, and I’ve gotten away from my stock.