In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands. In 1962, fresh out of business school, Phil Knight borrowed $50 from his father and created a company with a simple mission: import high-quality, low-cost athletic shoes from Japan. Selling the shoes from the trunk of his lime green Plymouth Valiant, Knight grossed $8,000 his first year. Today, Nike s annual sales top $30 billion. In an age of startups, Nike is the ne plus ultra of all startups, and the swoosh has become a revolutionary, globe-spanning icon, one of the most ubiquitous and recognizable symbols in the world today. But Knight, the man behind the swoosh, has always remained a mystery. Now, for the first time, in a memoir that is candid, humble, gutsy, and wry, he tells his story, beginning with his crossroads moment. At 24, after bac
作者伊丽莎白·吉尔伯特在小时候有个梦想:以为自己长大后会是儿女成群的妈妈。但在30岁以后,她才发现自己既不想要小孩,也不想要丈夫。 108个短篇象征了灵魂探索、自我发现之旅。作者在意大利、印度、印尼三个不同国度之间寻找自己——到意大利品尝美食,尽享感官的满足,在世上好的比萨与美酒的陪伴下,灵魂就此再生。在印度,与瑜伽士的接触,洗涤了她混乱的身心。巴厘岛上,她寻得了身心的平衡。在这一整年的追寻快乐与虔诚之间的平衡中,她终于发现:“拯救我的人,并非王子,而是我自己操控我,拯救我”。 ^_^:d2d7199c755a3c082a7f98c7837f7bc4