How Starbucks Saved My Life

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。

出版者:Gotham

作者:Michael Gates Gill

页数:272

出版时间:2007-9-20

价格:USD 23.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781592402861

图书标签:外国文学生活英文原版看这类书，如果太关注他的广告价值，那就失去了乐趣了成长修炼人生savemy

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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.

读后感

Michael 从一个成功的白领，每天喝着latte到事业家庭破裂变成一个给人端Latte的服务员已经是中国的花甲之年了。 他竟然觉得活了一辈子，在他最落魄的时候才真正感悟到人生的幸福。这让我吃了一惊。我身边60岁的老人都是手颤拄拐轮椅的形象，他们一坐就是一...  

既可以看做是一本自传小说，也能看成是一本企业文化宣传册  

“有人告诉你，旁观者能够发现你的美。但他们没有告诉你，外表并不重要。重要的是你的内心，你为自己的生命所做的抉择。”——没有华丽的词藻 却是个真实真情的一年特殊经历 读来让人心生踏实 也更喜爱S大巴的企业文化了^_^  

乍一看这本书实在有为星巴克打广告的嫌疑，不过作者自己是星巴克员工的话这么做倒是可以体谅吧。 自己是广告专业的看到老前辈广告事业结局如此确实有些悲凉，也许这个行业就是这样吧，你没有新东西可以表现了，那么你也可以说再见了。 不过迈克尔确实是勇气可嘉的，虽...  

《星巴克是如何拯救我的人生的》无疑是一本定位颇受争议的书籍。它到底是真实的回忆录，还是裹着回忆录面具而实际在为商家做宣传？一些书评家将其视为长期以来广告业向图书业渗透的一个结果。然而不管怎样，这部以中年男人从事业和人生的低谷重新站起来为卖点的书籍，已经成功...  

用户评价

真滴不是星巴克广告吗，文笔很一般。

挺好看，就是太像广告~

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Borrowed from Maegan, quite an easy read. meaning in life leads to happiness.

挺好看，就是太像广告~