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出版者:Trafalgar Square

作者:Holt, Oliver

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页数:304

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出版时间:2006-10

价格:$ 22.54

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780230015241

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励志
体育
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成功
自我提升
心态
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人生哲学

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Bill Shankly was one of ten children from an Ayrshire mining village. Alex Ferguson was a shipyard worker's son who went on to become a toolmaker's shop steward. Both of them enjoyed distinguished but not outstanding playing careers. Both of them raged against the might of the rich in their early managerial days, and both of course will be remembered as two of the mightiest figures in the history of the English game. There is a rich seam that links the epic lives of Shankly and Ferguson, running between their enemy football strongholds in Liverpool and Manchester. It goes deeper than the myriad achievements of both men - three league titles for Shankly, eight championships and a European Cup for Ferguson. What binds them is their long love affairs with football, which were so consuming that a tragic form of rejection was almost inevitable. Shankly felt betrayed by the club he had built from the ground up in the 1960s, and when he died from a heart attack in 1981 the deep rift between him and Liverpool had not been healed. Equally, with Malcolm Glazer's takeover, Ferguson looks more and more like a man out of his time, a man whose once absolute authority over his players may be slipping. In this riveting dual biography, Oliver Holt takes two of football's undisputed greats and shows what made both men tick. In part a celebration of two driven, charismatic and hard-nosed characters, "If You're Second You Are Nothing" is also a poignant evocation of men not knowing how to let go of the game to which they have given so much.

《If You're Second You Are Nothing》是一本深入探索“成功”定义的书籍。它并非一本关于运动竞技或商业竞争的励志指南，而是以一种更哲学、更内省的视角，审视我们社会中根深蒂固的“非赢即输”的思维模式。本书的开篇，作者并没有直接抛出宏大的理论，而是通过一系列贴近生活的观察和故事，引导读者开始质疑。我们从小被教导要争第一，要出类拔萃，而“第二名”似乎总是被遗忘，甚至被视为失败者。这种单一的成功标准，是否限制了我们对自身潜能的认识？是否让我们错失了许多同样珍贵，甚至更具价值的体验和成就？作者通过对历史人物、艺术作品、科学发现以及普通人的生活经历进行细致的分析，揭示了“第二”所蕴含的丰富意义。例如，历史上许多伟大的创新者，并非第一个提出某个想法的人，但他们的“第二步”——如何完善、如何推广、如何将一个模糊的设想变成现实——才是真正推动时代进步的关键。在艺术领域，模仿和学习大师的“第二步”是成长的重要阶段，而最终能够在此基础上发展出独特风格的，往往是那些深刻理解并超越了“第一”的人。《If You're Second You Are Nothing》挑战了“二元对立”的思维方式。它告诉我们，人生的维度远不止“成功”与“失败”、“第一”与“其他”。有许多人在看似平淡的“中间地带”里，默默地耕耘，创造着属于自己的价值，他们也许不被聚光灯照耀，但他们的存在和贡献同样不可或缺。书中探讨了“合作”的力量，指出许多看似“第一”的成就，背后往往是无数“第二”甚至“第三”的协同作用。本书还深入剖析了“完美主义”的陷阱。过分追求“第一”有时会导致行动的瘫痪，因为害怕无法达到那个遥不可及的标杆。而“第二”的态度，反而可能带来一种更务实、更具韧性的成长路径。它允许犯错，允许探索，允许在过程中不断调整和进步。作者的笔触细腻且充满洞察力，书中穿插了许多发人深省的对话和个人的感悟。读者会发现，那些看似“甘为人后”的人，可能拥有更强的同理心、更深刻的理解力，以及更持久的创造力。他们可能不是舞台中央的明星，却是组织中不可或缺的骨干，是家庭中默默付出的守护者，是社区里温暖人心的力量。《If You're Second You Are Nothing》并非鼓吹平庸，而是倡导一种更健康、更多元化的价值体系。它鼓励读者重新审视自己的人生目标，理解“第二”并非终点，而是另一种可能的起点；它引导我们发现和欣赏那些不被主流话语认可的价值，从而活出更加丰盛和真实的人生。这本书会让你重新思考“成功”的定义，并且发现，在人生的许多重要领域，“第二”同样可以闪耀出独特的光芒。它是一次关于自我认知和人生价值的深刻对话，一次对社会普遍成功观的温柔反叛。