Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It: Unlocking the Nine Secrets of People Who Changed the World

平凡如你我、看似沒有特別突出的才華的普通人，

卻能夠在人生中發揮意想不到的影響力！

 

我們能夠從這些人身上學到什麼？

成就這些成功的因素是什麼？他們又是如何實現的？

 

　　暢銷書《80/20法則》作者理查．柯克，描繪出了步上成功的地圖，鑑定出了九種關鍵態度與策略，能夠將任何人推上成就的新高度。

 

　　誰會預料到南非一位曾經默默無聞的律師納爾遜·曼德拉，能夠讓不同背景與利益糾纏的人們彼此和解，並建立出可行的民主制度？誰會預料到在波蘭克拉科夫貧民窟中出生的赫蓮娜·魯賓斯坦，坦能夠創立出改變世界美麗容顏的保養品？誰會預料到一位公證人的私生子李奧納多·達文西，能夠成為世界上最偉大的畫家之一，舉世聞名？

 

　　成功的人並不會規劃自己的成功，而是塑造出了對他們有用的獨特人生哲學或態度，並在偶然發現了成功的途徑之後，緊緊抓住了機會。有了這本書，你將會擁有對成功定義的嶄新視野，並踏上屬於你自己的成功旅程！(文/博客來編譯)

　　How do people of seemingly ordinary talent go on to achieve unexpected results? What can we learn from them? What are the ingredients for unreasonable success and how is it achieved?

 

　　In this ground-breaking book, bestselling author Richard Koch charts a map of success, identifying the nine key attitudes and strategies can propel anyone to new heights of accomplishment.

 

　　The pattern of success is fractal. It is endlessly varied but endlessly similar. Success does not require genius, consistency, all-round ability, a safe pair of hands or even basic competence. If it did, most of the people in this book would not have impacted the world as they did.

 

　　Who could have predicted that Nelson Mandela, a once-obscure lawyer, could have averted disaster in South Africa, reconciling people of different heritages to each other and establishing a viable democracy? Or that Helena Rubinstein, a young woman growing up in the grotty ghetto of Kraków, could have changed the face of beauty throughout the world? Or that the illegitimate son of a notary would become one of the world's greatest painters, known universally by his first name, Leonardo?

 

　　Successful people typically don't plan their success. Instead they develop a unique philosophy or attitude that works for them. They stumble across strategies which are shortcuts to success, and latch onto them. Events hand them opportunities they could not have anticipated. Often their peers with equal or greater talent fail while they succeed. It is too easy to attribute success to inherent, unstoppable genius.

　

　　With this book, you can embark on a journey towards a new, unreasonably successful future.