迈克尔•盖茨•吉尔生于康乃狄克州,为《纽约客》杂志知名作家布兰登•基尔(Brendan Gill)之子。耶鲁大学毕业后,进入华特汤普森广告公司工作二十年之久,并晋升为创意总监、副总裁,最后竟遭裁员解职。之后他创业不成,又陷入家庭、经济和健康的多重威胁,在六十几岁的年纪陷入人生谷底。在偶然的机会下,他获得了星巴克店员的工作,而得以进入这深具魅力的国际性企业,一探其运作奥秘与文化,而他也在这里重新学习人生的功课、感受温暖坚实的情谊,并且将这段戏剧化的遭遇写成本书,与读者分享。目前他居住在纽约,每天都走路到离家不远的星巴克咖啡店上班,而且目前还没有任何退休计划,要继续投入这个他认为一生中最精彩、最美好的工作。
A candid, moving and inspirational memoir about a high-flying business man who is forced to re-evaluate his life and values when he suddenly loses everything and goes to work in Starbucks. Michael Gill had it made. He was educated, wealthy and well-connected. He had a creative and lucrative advertising job, which he loved and which he was good at, and a model family and home life. Then he loses it all. He is fired by a young exec whom he had mentored. He has an extramarital affair that destroys his family and results in a newborn son. Then he is diagnosed with brain cancer. He has no insurance, no income. One day he wanders into Starbucks and by chance signs up for a job interview. His would-be boss is a young black woman who gives him a job, and sets about training him and mentoring him. What follows is an inspirational eye-opener as Gill experiences a whole new world compared to his former life -- with people from completely different ethnic and social backgrounds. 'How Starbucks Saved My Life' follows Gill's journey of discovery as gradually he is forced to question his ingrained assumptions, prejudices and habits.Gill emerges from his fall from grace with humility and gratitude. His new-found empathy teaches him how anyone who has lost their way, or made a mistake, can start again.
看第一章就忍不住倒吸了一口冷气,如此高调奢华的前半生:名人之子、耶鲁与骷髅会、顶级广告公司副总裁,却在63岁高龄之时遭遇生存危机,不由得让我想到自己,是否在不远的将来也会面临类似窘境,我可不想60多岁再去为生活奔波。 随着章节的推进,为了安慰自己,为了不担忧未来...
评分说是小说,又说是作者的经历,所以我觉得应该是自传性的励志书籍。 一个在美国最大广告公司干了20多年,身居副总裁、创意总监的耶鲁毕业生,某一天,他亲手提拔的曾经的下属,告诉他被解雇了。接着,他的人生堡垒渐次倒塌:创业不成事业破产、外遇私生子导致家庭崩溃、又陷入...
评分好久没有读书的关系,捧着这本书如饥似渴的读着,字里行间都洋溢着的青春和活力,感染着我,让我很难想象作者是一位近七十岁的老人。 这本书给了我太多的感受,头脑中思绪万千,不知道能哪儿说起。干脆列表吧 1.励志:年轻人的想法总是很多,也很有创意,但大多都是因为...
评分有一天我陪周桑妮小姐逛书店,当我把一个在读硕士对于职业的迷茫告知她时,她推荐我了两本书:《星巴克拯救了我的生命》、《史蒂夫·乔布斯传》。这个书单无不再提醒着我,周桑妮小姐真是一个挚爱starbucks的果粉。 4月3日开始读,断断续续的于今日读完。如果要...
评分老实的说,我不是看了什么AMAZON的排行推荐,也不是听信了《纽约客》的书评才去看这本书的,只是出于无聊。然后带着无聊的心情下了电子版,无奈所有的版本都只连载一半,终止在8月末,即使如此,我想他改造现在再时不时穿插些过去的片段,这样的文字风格应该会延续到故事的最后...
真滴不是星巴克广告吗,文笔很一般。
评分英文写的不错,可以做语言学习范本。
评分挺好看,就是太像广告~
评分前辈推荐的书 有时间再重读一次好了
评分邂逅:2013.7.住处; 旅程:2013.7.-2013.7.18.; 地点:德里各处; 老年人励志故事+家族史爆料+星巴克软广告。看在是老年人的份上多加一颗星。
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