超级屌丝逆袭记

最近终于有空读读书，挑些比较轻松，励志的，这书是和Trump一起买的，很便宜，封面很精致，有收藏价值。


How to Get Rich by Felix Dennis 这本书和其他"how to get rich"的书不太一样


作者是位白手起家的亿万富翁，《Maxim》和《The Week》创办人，自称这本书是万金油式的自助书。的确是一本伟大的创业回忆录，把英国人的智慧发挥到了极致。



Dennis文笔极好，可贵的系他并不像其他人那样喜欢卖弄文笔，选词平易近人，诙谐幽默，灰常灰常entertaining，As he says, when it comes to acquiring wealth, being a bit of a shit helps




题目起得俗了点，但是里面却是干货十足，是自己一生的回忆录，创业录，充满人生智慧。




再次感慨，真正做过事的人是不一样的。




boyhood时，是个超级屌丝，自己也很诚实，全书处处透露着真诚，在书中坦言自己曾经嫖妓，吸毒，险些丧命，后来醒悟。


举了很多实例，少空口号。作者是做杂志发家的。包括写李小龙的传记，大发死人财。



作者平生最恨各种空说主义，自己本身也是彻彻底底的doer，实战家。




总的来说，这是一个超级屌丝一生的逆袭。




作为李小龙传记的作者，用那句名言概括他本书的最核心思想我想也不为过：



Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do ---------李小龙






2012.10.24

By Hammer



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Some quotes:


1.不要负债

"Avoid Debt -...Young men starting inlife should avoid running into debt. There's scarely anything tha drags a person down like debt. It's a slavish position to get in. ("房奴"的"奴"字不无道理呀。a slavish position) Debt robs a man of his self-respect, and makes him almost despise himself."

 

2. 老生长谈了，理财，让钱为你工作


"Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master. When you have it mastering you; when interest is constantly piling up against you, it will keep you down in the worst kind of slavery. But let money work for you, and you have the most devoted servant in the world.... There is nothing animate or inanimate that will work so faithfully as money when placed at interest, well secured. It works night and day, and wet or dry weather"-- 让钱为你工作！不管是白天还是黑夜，刮风下雨，让钱成为你的忠实仆人，为你工作。

 

3. 终身学习，不学习就等死吧

Learn Something Useful - "Every man should make his son or daughter learn some useful trade or profession, so that in these days of changing fortunes of being rich today and poor tomorrow they may have something tangible to fall back on." -- 要学点手艺才能在金融危机中屹立不倒。

 

4.做你喜欢的事，大道理是吧？但是每个人都这么说的时候，你要开始思考他的价值所在了。

"The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes... Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed."-- 要做自己擅长和热爱的事情




5.身体最重要，其他都是浮云，PS.千万别学作者就对了！


"The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick. He has no ambition; no incentive; no force." - 健康是财富和幸福的基础！

 

6. 大家都喜欢好人打交道，连坏人都不例外


Preserve Your Integrity - it's more precious than diamonds or rubies. ..no man can be dishonest, without soon being found out, and when his lack of principle is discovered,nearly every avenue to success is closed against him forever." -- 做人要厚道呀！

 

7. 专注的力量是巨大的


"Do Not Scatter Your Powers - Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until your experience shows that you should abandon it." 要专注，不要分散精力。但是如果经验证明某条道路确实不适合自己，要学会知难而退。



8.要对别人尊重


Show respect for people who are less previleged than you are. Be cordial to waiters, parking lot attendants, electricians - and everyone else whose services you require. If you don't, you're teaching your children to disrespect people and the value of the work they do. (最反感那些对着上级像哈巴狗，对着下级像狼狗的人。这种人即时钱再多，我也看不起。以前还看过一个英语句子：A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter, or to others, is not a nice person.）



9.有能力就创业吧


Stop working for other people. All the world's billionaire have one thing in common. At some point, they stopped working for other people and started working for themselves. （有能力的人通常自立门户，自己创业。）



10.这句话不太认同，但是挺经典的


Experience is only a name we give to our failures




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作者最后，谈到自己过去的得失成败，总结自己的一生的经验，就五个词：


Fear nothing,

Start now,






Go!