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My friend Maria runs a small bakery.我的朋友玛丽亚开着一家小面包店。 For years she worked alone, and her enterprise grew slowly.多年来她一个人干活，她的「企业」慢慢长大了。 Then she made a commercial mistake: she bought cheap flour to cut costs.后来她犯了一个「商业上的」错误：为了省钱，她买了便宜的面粉。 Customers noticed at once, and many stopped coming.顾客马上发现了，很多人不再来了。

After that hard week she sat down with her two workers.那个难熬的星期之后，她坐下来和两个工人谈了谈。 Everyone had to compromise: Maria kept her recipe, and the workers came in earlier.每个人都得「妥协」：玛丽亚保留配方，工人早一点来。 Afterward she was consistent about quality.之后她对品质保持「一贯」的做法。 She also began to write down every step of her daily work.她也开始把每天工作的每一步写下来。

That written discipline helped her train a new worker in three days.那种写在纸上的「纪律」帮她在三天内带出了一个新工人。 She had a simple hypothesis: good bread brings people back.她有一个简单的「假设」：好面包会让人回来。 To illustrate the method, she drew the process on a large page.为了「说明」做法，她把流程画在一张大纸上。 That drawing still hangs near the door.那张画现在还挂在门边。

Her main contribution was a calm, patient way of teaching.她最大的「贡献」是一种平静、耐心的带人方式。 Her new idea was to sell warm bread at night.她的新做法是晚上卖热面包。 A good teacher must contribute time and patience too.好老师也必须「奉献」时间和耐心。 Now people line up outside her shop, and the atmosphere is warm.现在人们在她店外排队，店里的「气氛」很温暖。