Accreditation crisis

      Dave' s business acumen was sorely questioned when the first round of accreditation for his music school failed. His partners accused him of not accumulating a qualified staff, his accountant acquiesced that his bookkeeping was not orderly, and his wife said he wasn't as acquainted with the process as he should have been. Regardless of the accuracy of the complaints, Dave felt an acute pain; it was as if he was drinking acid. How could his friends all abandon him so quickly when troubles came? Dave knew that if he ever wanted to achieve anything else in his life after this, he would first have to overcome this emotional acupuncture, acknowledge his mistakes and move on.

      His first step Ms to adapt to the situation and keep his acquisitive partners from selling whet he had started to the highest bidder. TO do this he quickly acquired the report on what had been successfully accredited and what had failed. He was surprised to find that his school had only failed on one point, the acoustics of their main music hall. That meant that everything else was fine, that it was a success except for that one thing!

      At the meeting the next day with all parties involved, Dave presented the report and his plan for hew they could improve the acoustics of the hall and then activate e a second round of accreditation meetings. Everyone was happy except for the partners. They had already viewed the school as a failed acquisition and it was hard for them to adjust their thinking. Dave was quick, however, and encouraged them that this was still a successful item in their accumulation of a diversified portfolio. They agreed and the school was licensed three months later.

                             資格鑒定危機

    戴夫的音樂學校沒能通過第一輪資格鑒定，他在商業(yè)方面的聰明才智因此大受質(zhì)疑。合伙人指責他沒能聚到一批合格的員工．會計默認他的賬記得十分混亂，妻子則說該熟悉的東西他卻不熟悉。無論這些抱怨是否準確．戴夫都感到萬分痛苦，就仿佛喝酸東西一樣。朋友們怎么能在有麻煩時那么快就拋棄他呢?戴夫明白只要他想在今后的人生道路上取得別的成就，就一定要先克服這種感情上的刺痛，承認錯誤然后繼續(xù)前進。

    他采取的第一步是適應局面并阻止那些貪婪的合伙人把他創(chuàng)立的學校賣給出價最高的人。為了做好這件事，他迅速獲得了一份報告，上面寫著哪些地方他成功地通過了鑒定，哪些地方是他的敗筆。他驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)整個學校只有一個方面沒有達標——主音樂廳的音響效果。這意味著其他一切都好，除了一個方面之外他是成功的!

    在第二天各方都參加的會議上，戴夫向大家遞交了這份報告以及他的怎樣改進音樂廳音響效果，從而促成第二輪資格鑒定會召開的計劃。除了那些合伙人，其他人都很高興。那些合伙人已經(jīng)認定收購這所學校是個失敗，因此很難調(diào)整他們的思維。然而戴夫反應很快，他鼓勵他們說，在他們多樣化的投資組合積累中，這仍是一個成功的項目。合伙人同意了他的意見，三個月之后，學校拿到了辦學執(zhí)照。

單詞詳解

accountant            n.會計人員,會計師
accredit              v.1.信托,委托,委派2.鑒定…為合格,確認…達到標準
accreditation         n.1.委托,委派,任命2.水準鑒定,資格鑒定
accumulate            v.堆積,積累,積聚,積攢
accumulation          n.堆積,積累,積聚,積攢
accuracy              n.準確性,精確性
accuse                v.指控,控告;指責
achieve               v.經(jīng)努力達到,得到
acid                  a.酸的,尖酸刻薄的 n.酸,酸味物質(zhì)
acknowledge           v.1承認,承認…的權威(或主張) 2.就…表示謝意,報償 3.對...
                      招呼;對…做出反應
acoustics(復)         n.(用作單)聲學;音質(zhì),影響效果
acquiesce             v.默認,默許
acquire               v.獲取;開始占有(或具有);學到知識等
acquisition           n.1取得,獲得,收購 2.(有價值的)獲得物;獲得(或增添)的人(或
                      物)
acquisitive           a.(對知識財富等)渴望得到的;能夠獲得并保有的;貪婪的
activate              v.使活動起來,使起作用
acumen                n.敏銳;聰明
acupuncture           n.針刺;針刺療法;針刺麻醉
acute                 a.尖銳的,敏銳的;(疾病等)急性的,劇烈的,嚴重的
adapt                 v.使適應,使適合;改編,改寫