The Education of Millionaires

傳統迷思：只要考進好學校、用功念書、並取得優異的畢業成績，成功人生就已然勝券在握

面對現實：學校「沒有」教給你的最重要一件事，就是如何靠專業能力成功

　　作者訪問各行各業沒有大學文憑的百萬富翁及億萬富豪，闡述小人物翻身大富豪不為人知的成功秘辛。受訪人物包括時尚大亨羅素．賽蒙斯(Russell Simmons)、臉書共同創辦人達斯汀．莫斯克維茲(Dustin Moskovitz)及創辦人兼總裁西恩．派克(Sean Parker)、WordPress創始人穆倫維格(Matt Mullenweg)等等。

　　《但願我18歲就懂的成功學》一書引導你在現實世界培養務實成功技巧的指南。如何尋覓良師益友、建立世界級的人脈、學習真實世界的行銷和業務方法、讓自己的工作變得有意義、建立自我品牌、一手打造搶錢力等等最重要的成功技巧，都是你在課堂上學不到的。

　　18歲的你閱讀本書，你會更清楚自己的路要怎麼走。

　　22歲的你閱讀本書，讓你不再浪費寶貴的青春年華，漫無目的地遊蕩。

　　假如你30有餘，事業正步上軌道，你更需要立即翻開本書，練就所向披靡的競爭力！

　　The Myth: If you get into a good college, study hard, and graduate with excellent grades, you will be pretty much set for a successful career.

　　The Reality: The biggest thing you won't learn in college is how to succeed professionally.

　　Some of the smartest, most successful people in the country didn't finish college. None of them learned their most critical skills in an institution of higher education. And like them, most of what you'll need to learn to be successful you'll have to learn on your own, outside of school.

　　Michael Ellsberg set out to fill in the gaps by interviewing a wide range of millionaires and billionaires who don't have college degrees, including fashion magnate Russell Simmons, Facebook cofounder Dustin Moskovitz and founding president Sean Parker, WordPress creator Matt Mullenweg, and Pink Floyd songwriter and lead guitarist David Gilmour. Among the fascinating things he learned:
How fashion designer Marc Ecko started earning ＄1,000 a week in high school with his own clothing business and later grew it into an empire.

　　How billionaire Phillip Ruffin went from lowly department store clerk with no college degree to owner of Treasure Island on the Vegas Strip.

　　How John Paul DeJoria went from homelessness to billionaire as the founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care products.

　　This book is your guide to developing practical success skills in the real world. Even if you've already gone through college, the most important skills weren't on the curriculum--how to find great mentors, build a world-class network, learn real-world marketing and sales, make your work meaningful (and your meaning work), build the brand of you, master the art of bootstrapping, and more. 

　　Learning the skills in this book well is a necessary addition to any education, whether you're a high school dropout or a graduate of Harvard Law School.

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作者簡介

麥可．艾斯伯格　Michael Ellsberg

　　畢業於美國常春藤聯盟的布朗大學（Brown University），主修國際關係。現從事擅長、但與所學無關的文案寫作，過著年收入倍數成長的生活。在受到妻子自學旅程的啟發後，耗費兩年的時間，向各行各業沒有大學文憑但最頂尖的成功人士請益，將之歸納成本書的成功七式，並且被時代雜誌譽為「對高等教育的譴責」。經常於富比士網站（Forbes.com）發表與創業精神、職涯發展及教育相關的部落格文章。

　　Michael Ellsberg spent the last two years learning from some of the most successful people on the planet who don't have college degrees. He writes a blog on entrepreneurialism, education, and career development on Forbes.com. This book was inspired by his wife Jena, a successful entrepreneur who dropped out of college her junior year. They live together in New York.