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　　I had three jobs growing up in Salem, Mass．, and they all helped shape my life．When I was about 12, I started carrying bags for golfers at a nearby club．All the kids in the neighborhood did it, and I liked it a lot．I got to 　　1　　people who were generally pretty 　　2　　 businessmen and doctors－talk about deals, and see how they 　　3　　with each other．It was like being a fly on the wall at a meeting．

　　I got another job at Parker Brothers games, 　　4　　 small holes in pieces of cork(软木塞)for a game called Dig．I liked Parker, but not the job．It lasted about a month, and I 　　5　　 that I never wanted to do anything like that again, ever．

　　The third job was at a Thom McAn shoe store．I 　　6　　 met people from all 　　7　　of life, and the challenge was exciting．I'd start 　　8　　them different kinds of shoes and get right down there and put them on their feet．　　9　　 they didn't like a certain shoe, I always tried to be thinking ahead to a pair they might like 　　10　　．

　　This job helped teach me an important 　　11　　 lesson：it's all about 　　12　　the sale．I never wanted to let a 　　13　　 get out of that store without buying a pair of shoes．It was like stepping up to the plate in a 　　14　　game．　　15　　 someone walked into that store, I was going to bat and taking a 　　16　　．I'd get a seven-cent commission(酬金)for every pair I 　　17　　, 25 cents for the slow 　　18　　, such as those that were out of stock(脱销)or of an odd color．

　　Today I believe that the worst sin(罪孽)in running a big company is to manage its size rather than use that size．The 　　19　　of size is the resources it gives you to go to bat often．You have to take risks in business．If you take a risk and fail, 　　20　　 to bat and swing again．

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Run Away, Don’t Delay

　　One night, my son was watching his big screen TV alone, and I decided to join him．He was watching a show 　　1　　 there were college students going to a get-together in Washington DC, and 　　2　　 the thousands who gathered there to celebrate something．When they got there, they started becoming 　　3　　 in drinking, and doing drugs．I didn’t want to watch it any more, so got up and went to bed．

　　About 3∶30A.m．I awoke, and lay there 　　4　　 the program, and a poem began forming in my mind, which began as,“　　5　　 sin(something wrong)comes calling, or knocking at your door, run away, don’t delay, 　　6　　 sin is like a magnet, and it will pull you down, run away, do not 　　7　　．”As I lay there, there was music which 　　8　　 it, and I knew that there was no way I would remember it by 　　9　　, so I got up and sat at the table, trying to 　　10　　　both the words and the music which came to me at the time．　　11　　 the pattern was set, and I had the notes written down in my notebook, the 　　12　　 of the poem came to me as well．

　　When it got 　　13　　 I decided to sit down at the piano and began trying to play it．My family came into the sitting room and I told them about the song, and wanted to 　　14　　 it with them．They all liked it, and 　　15　　 several times that day, I sang it again, and played it again, trying to fix it in my 　　16　　．

　　Later, I wanted to put the song on paper 　　17　　 just the little dots in my notebook indicating how high and how 　　18　　 to go．Not knowing how to do that, I 　　19　　 the song, and then sent it to my sister, Jennie, who had written many songs using her own poetry and music, and soon, here came the music and words all done up 　　20　　．I was so glad．

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