國外成功人士和牛人都在看的10本書(上)

When someone reads the right book at the right time in their life, it can have a profound effect. Such is the case for the people on this list, who come from all walks of life. These people have singled out a book that they read which had a life-changing effect on them. They, in turn, affected the worlds of popular culture, science, technology, and politics.

人的一生中，如果能在對的時間邂逅一本對的書，就會深深地被其影響。就如榜單上即將列舉出來的這些人，他們雖來自各行各業，但都有一個共同點--他們都讀過那麼一本改變了自己生命軌跡的書籍。而他們轉而又影響着全球的大衆文化、科學、技術和政治。

eting Against Time--Tim Cook

10.《與時間賽跑》與蒂姆·庫克

After graduating from college, Tim Cook got into computers when he landed his first job with IBM in 1982. In 1996, he started to work for Apple when they were at the lowest point in their company's history, having lost $1 billion the previous fiscal year. Cook is credited with reorganizing the company's manufacturing operations. He simplified the network of manufacturers and distributors, and he improved Apple's systems to keep better track of inventory. When Apple became one of the most successful companies of all time, Cook was hailed as a brilliant manager with an amazing ability to communicate. After the death of Steve Jobs in 2011, Cook took over as CEO of Apple.

1982年，大學剛畢業的蒂姆·庫克在IBM公司開始了他人生中第一份工作，並從此進入計算機行業。1996年，他開始爲蘋果公司工作，那時，該公司上一財年的損失已達十億美元，經營情況跌至谷底。庫克整改蘋果公司的製造業務有功，他簡化了製造商和經銷商網絡，改進了公司的工作機制，以便時時掌握庫存情況。當蘋果公司成爲有史以來最成功的企業時，庫克也被譽爲具有驚人溝通能力的出色管理者。2011年，史蒂夫·喬布斯逝世，庫克便接任了蘋果公司首席執行官。

The book that had the greatest effect on Cook, which he is known to hand out to colleagues, is Competing Against Time, by George Stalk Jr. and Thomas M. Hout. The book is about how time management is one of the most important aspects of a company. When a company organizes their time, it cuts down on costs and makes customers happier. Based on ideas from the book, Cook tried to impress upon his employees that it is important to give your customers what they want, when they want it, because if you don't, your competitor will. Cook is described here as opposed to Jobs himself, because Jobs had a lot of books that influenced him, and there isn't a single one to point out. One notable book that Jobs liked was Be Here Now, by Ram Dass. The book was very influential in the hippie movement, and it is about meditation, yoga, and spirituality.

這本對庫克產生過巨大影響的書，他曾向同事們分發，那就是由喬治·斯托爾克·Jr和托馬斯·M·豪特合著的《與時間賽跑》。這本書說的是時間管理對企業的重要性。一個公司能管理好它的時間，就能降低成本，使顧客更覺愉悅。基於書中的觀點，庫克試圖讓其員工牢記這樣一種理念：想顧客之所想，急顧客之所急，解顧客之所需是最重要的，因爲倘若我們不這樣做，我們的對手就會這樣做了。在讀書這方面，庫克和喬布斯迥然不同。因爲對喬布斯而言，很多本書都影響到了他，很難挑出對其影響特別巨大的一本。但他喜歡的書中也有一本值得一提，那就是拉姆·達斯 的《活在當下》。這本書的內容有關於冥想、瑜伽和靈脩，在嬉皮士運動中很有影響力。

Little Prince--James Dean

9.《小王子》與詹姆斯·迪恩

During James Dean's short life, he made just three films. All of them are considered classics, and he was posthumously nominated for two Academy Awards. His brief flash of stardom still shines today, 60 years after dying in a tragic car accident at the age of 24, on September 30, 1955.

詹姆斯·迪恩在其短暫的一生中，僅僅拍攝了三部電影。可這三部電影都被譽爲經典之作，他死後兩次被提名奧斯卡獎。1955年9月30日，他死於一場悲慘的車禍，即便六十年後的今天，他那轉瞬即逝的明星光華仍然絢爛奪目。

Dean's favorite book was one that he read in high school, which was the classic and beloved novella The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Published in 1943, The Little Prince is narrated by a pilot who crashes in the Sahara Desert. As he is fixing his plane, a little blond boy, the titular little prince, approaches him and asks for help with drawing a sheep. After they become friends, the prince tells the pilot that he came from a tiny planet called Asteroid 325. He left his planet because he got lonely. As he talks to the pilot, he explains that on his journey, he encountered grown-ups for the first time, and he was not impressed with the attitudes of the people he met. The Little Prince, which the author said is "a book for children that is written for adults," is about disillusionment with adult life and the dangers of being narrow-minded. One of the main messages is that it is important to keep an open mind and always be curious. Dean deeply identified with the book and took it with him any time he moved. The book was so important to Dean that his good friend, biographer, and possible lover, William Bast, wrote about it in an inscription on Dean's memorial near his crash site. The inscription starts off with Dean's favorite line from the book, "What is essential is invisible to the eye." It is then followed by Bast's explanation, "This quotation from Jean Antoine de Saint Exupery's 'The Little Prince' was probably James Dean's favorite. It seemed to hold a deep and private significance for him, and he read it often especially with those he loved."

迪恩最深愛的書是他高中時看的一本很流行的經典短篇小說--安東尼·德·聖·埃克蘇佩裏所著的《小王子》。這本書於1943年出版，一位在撒哈拉沙漠墜機的飛行員將這故事娓娓道來。他在修理飛機的時，一個金髮小男孩，也就是小王子，向他走來，並請他幫自己畫一隻羊。他們倆成爲朋友後，小王子告訴飛行員他來自325號 小行星。因爲孤單，他離開了家。小王子告訴飛行員說，這次旅途中，他第一次遇見大人，但之前遇見的人都以何種態度處世，他都已經印象淡漠了。《小王子》一書折射出作者對成人世界的失望以及對心胸變得狹隘的警惕，他說"這是一本兒童讀物，但它爲成人而寫"。本書的主旨之一就是強調不抱成見和永葆好奇十分重要。迪恩非常喜歡這本書，並將它隨身攜帶。這本書對迪恩如此重要，以至於他的好友，即迪恩的傳記作者、他傳說中的愛人--威廉·巴斯特將它刻在了他車禍現場附近的紀念碑上。碑文以此書中迪恩最喜歡的句子開頭："眼睛看不見事物的本質，用心去看纔看得清楚。"緊跟其後的便是巴斯特的解釋："這句話取自迪恩生前最愛、聖埃克蘇佩裏所著的《小王子》一書。它對迪恩似乎有着深沉而隱祕的含義，他經常讀這句話，特別是在那些他愛的人面前。"

Remains Of The Day--Jeff Bezos

8.《長日留痕》與傑夫·貝佐斯

Amazon got its start in 1995 when its founder, Jeff Bezos, left his job as vice president of a Wall Street firm and moved to Seattle to focus on building the business. Originally, Amazon started as an online bookseller and has since grown to be the biggest marketplace on the Internet.

亞馬遜創辦於1995年。那時，它的創始人傑夫·貝佐斯辭去華爾街一家公司的副總裁職務，搬到西雅圖全心全意打造自己的事業。起初，亞馬遜只是一家網上書店，而今卻發展成爲最大的網上商城。

Bezos obviously saw the value in books, so he was asked what was the most influential book he's ever read. Perhaps, because of Amazon's success and corporate culture, one might think that it would be some business book. Instead, it is the Man Booker Award–winning Remains of the Day, by Kazuo Ishiguro. The 1989 novel is told from the point of view of an English butler named Mr. Stevens, who tells the story though his diary and everyday events. The plot revolves around his work and his undying love for a housekeeper who used to work at the manor with him. Bezos said he loved the book because he thought it was impossibly perfect. He did not know someone could actually write something like that. When he was asked if he saw any parallels between his work with Amazon and the book, he said, "What we're doing here is unusual but nowhere in the same league as impossible."

顯然，貝佐斯看到了書的價值，而他也曾被問到讀過的對自身最有影響力的書是哪一本。也許，由於亞馬遜的成功和企業文化，有人可能會認爲那一定是某本商業書籍。然而，它是布克獎的獲獎作品--石黑一雄所著的《長日留痕》。這本於1989年獲獎的小說從一位英國管家--史蒂文斯先生的視角來寫，他向我們講述自己日記和日常事務中的故事。劇情圍繞着他的工作以及他對曾一起共事的女管家不朽的愛展開。貝佐斯說，他喜歡這本書就因爲它完美到不可想象，他從不曾想過一個人居然可以寫出這樣精彩的故事。有人問他，他是否看到了這本書與自己爲亞馬遜所做努力之間的相似之處，他說，"我們正在做的事情非同尋常，但在行業內卻絕對可以實現"。

Alchemist--Will Smith, Madonna, And Pharrell Williams

7.《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》與威爾·史密斯、麥當娜和法瑞爾·威廉姆斯

Besides being some of the highest-charting musicians of the past three decades, Will Smith, Madonna, and Pharrell Williams all share a deep love for the same book, and they all credit it with changing their lives. That book is the beloved novel The Alchemist, by Brazilian-born Paulo Coelho.

威爾·史密斯、麥當娜和法瑞爾·威廉姆斯三位不僅都是過去三十年專輯銷量最高的歌手，他們還都深愛着同一本書，並相信它改變他們的生活。這本書就是倍受青睞的小說--巴西作家保羅·科埃略所著的《牧羊少年奇幻之旅》。

The mega-bestselling novel follows a young Spanish boy named Santiago. Santiago has a prophetic dream and feels that he needs to travel to Egypt. Before he leaves, he learns about something called the Personal Legend. The Personal Legend is what a person has always wanted to do with their life. It is an innate feeling and children talk openly about it. In the book, it also says that when you try to follow your Personal Legend, the universe will actually work in your favor and rise up to meet you. If you follow your Personal Legend, you can even achieve the impossible, like alchemy, which is turning lead into gold. In an interview, Will Smith talked passionately about the book and how he dedicates his life to show people that the impossible is possible if you just try. He wants his life to represent possibilities, and he even considers himself a metaphorical alchemist. As for Pharrell Williams, he said the book was like an epiphany to him. He was able to look back at his life, and he realized that he was so thankful for everyone who helped him get to that point in his Personal Legend. Oprah, who is also a fan of the book, said that Madonna told her about it in 1996, and Madonna said it changed her life.

這本超級暢銷的小說講述的是年輕的西班牙男孩聖地亞哥的故事。聖地亞哥做了一個夢，夢中預言金字塔附近藏有寶藏，他便心懷觸動，覺得自己需要前往埃及。離開之前，他終於懂得了"個人傳奇"的真諦。"個人傳奇"是一種心靈的召喚，是一個人一生中一直想去做的事情。這是一種與生俱來的感覺，孩子們總是大大方方談論它。這本書還說你在努力追尋屬於自己的傳奇時，整個宇宙的力量都會爲你所用，並最終幫助你實現願望。你甚至可以變不可能爲可能，就像鍊金術，能將鉛煉化爲黃金。在一次採訪中，威爾·史密斯滿懷激情地談論這本書以及他如何努力過好自己的生活，他想向人們傳達這樣一種理念：只要你勇於嘗試，所謂的不可能就會成爲可能。他希望自己的生命有着無限可能，他甚至自喻爲煉金術士。對法瑞爾·威廉姆斯來說，這本書醍醐灌頂，讓他靈臺清明，讓他能夠回顧自己的生活，並意識到他應對那些幫助他書寫自己傳奇的人心懷感激。奧普拉也是這本書的粉絲，她說這是麥當娜1996年時推薦給她的，麥當娜還說這本書改變了她的生活。

--J.K. Rowling

6.《艾瑪》與J.K.羅琳

In the modern era of technological advance, J.K. Rowling did the impossible and got millions of children to read books. Even more amazingly, in addition to getting many kids to read something, her books have also transcended the borders of children's literature and are beloved by people of all ages.

在科技如此發達的今天，J.K.羅琳能讓數百萬兒童重新拿起紙質書閱讀，她簡直逆天了。更令人驚訝的是，她的作品更越過了兒童文學的邊界，獲得各年齡段人們的青睞。

The book that influenced Rowling the most is her favorite book by her favorite author: Emma, by Jane Austen. Emma, which was published in 1815, is a comedy of manners about a young, pretty, rich, and clever woman named Emma Woodhouse. Emma is single and has no desire to marry but likes to get involved with other people's love lives. Rowling said that what always impressed her is the mystery at the heart of the novel involving two of the characters, Frank Churchill and Jane Fairfax, who have been secretly engaged for the whole story. Rowling said that no matter what she wrote, she would never be able to write a mystery as good as the one in Emma. She also said that she loved the book because of how well-developed the character of Emma is and how much she identifies with her.

對羅琳影響最大的一本書，是她最喜歡的作家--簡·奧斯汀所著的《愛瑪》。這本書出版於1815年，是一部風尚喜劇，講述的是一位年輕、漂亮、富有又聰明的女子的故事。她名叫愛瑪·伍德豪斯，是一位單身女性，沒有結婚的慾望，卻喜歡參與別人的感情生活。羅琳說這本小說令她印象深刻的是有關其中心主題的一個祕密，這一祕密涉及到弗蘭克·丘吉爾和簡·費爾法克斯兩個角色，故事中的他們祕密訂婚了。羅琳說，無論她怎麼努力，永遠也無法寫出像《愛瑪》中的那個祕密一樣精彩又懸念迭起的劇情。她還表示，她喜歡這本書是因爲愛瑪的角色十分豐滿，自己也十分認同這一角色。

審校：落月 來源：前十網