巴菲特亲笔撰文：美国繁荣，女性是关键

    让我高兴的是，在我见过的女性当中，遭遇这种哈哈镜的情况正在变得越来越少。如果把这样一面镜子放在我女儿面前，她只会哈哈一笑，然后把它打个稀巴烂。女性永远都不应该忘记一件事，那就是在手握重权、而且看来自信满满的男性心中都住着一位《绿野仙踪》（the Wizard of Oz）里的奥兹国魔法师——他有各式各样的伪装，但实际上只是个普通人。在光鲜的外表后面，你们往往会发现他们根本就不是什么超人。（去问问他们的老婆就知道了！）

    所以，女同胞们，这对我们有什么启示呢？我们为什么要在意剩下的那些针对女性的壁垒和哈哈镜是不是已经被打破了，又或者是不是已经被扔进了垃圾桶？我是觉得这个道德问题本身很吸引人，但绝不要在意这一点。相反，让我们来看看你们自身的利益。

    如果可以采取措施来增加产出，没有哪个管理者愿意自己的经营效率停留在80%。如果更好的培训和工作环境能提高生产率，也没有哪个首席执行官愿意看到男性员工磨洋工。那么，进一步来说，如果帮助男性劳动者充分发挥潜能可以带来明显的益处，你们究竟为什么不想充分发挥自己的潜力呢？

    女同胞们，行动起来吧。越是能充分使用全体公民中的人才，美国所能提供的产品和服务就越多。我们已经看到，只挖掘美国一半的人力就能让我们的国家取得了什么样的成就。如果你能想象出全部人力所具有的能量，你就会和我一样对美国的未来充满无限憧憬。(财富中文网）

    译者：Charlie

    I'm happy to say that funhouse mirrors are becoming less common among the women I meet. Try putting one in front of my daughter. She'll just laugh and smash it. Women should never forget that it is common for powerful and seemingly self-assured males to have more than a bit of the Wizard of Oz in them. Pull the curtain aside, and you'll often discover they are not supermen after all. (Just ask their wives!)

    So, my fellow males, what's in this for us? Why should we care whether the remaining barriers facing women are dismantled and the fun-house mirrors junked? Never mind that I believe the ethical case in itself is compelling. Let's look instead to your self-interest.

    No manager operates his or her plants at 80% efficiency when steps could be taken that would increase output. And no CEO wants male employees to be underutilized when improved training or working conditions would boost productivity. So take it one step further: If obvious benefits flow from helping the male component of the workforce achieve its potential, why in the world wouldn't you want to include its counterpart?

    Fellow males, get onboard. The closer that America comes to fully employing the talents of all its citizens, the greater its output of goods and services will be. We've seen what can be accomplished when we use 50% of our human capacity. If you visualize what 100% can do, you'll join me as an unbridled optimist about America's future.