新一期《财富》杂志（Fortune）的封面人物是激励大师托尼•罗宾斯，多年来，他的两本超级畅销书《激发心灵的潜力》（Unlimited Power，1986）和《唤醒内心的巨人》（Awaken the Giant Within，1991），激励了无数奋斗者。最近，这位自我提高领域的大师（他已经六十七岁），推出了他在近20年来出版的首部重要作品《金钱：掌控游戏》（Money: Master the Game）【西蒙与舒斯特出版公司（Simon & Schuster），11月18日】。现在让我们回顾一下史上最畅销的自我发展类图书：

    Master motivator Tony Robbins, profiled in a new Fortune cover story, has reached countless strivers over the years with his blockbuster bestsellers Unlimited Power (1986) and Awaken the Giant Within (1991). Now the giant of the self-improvement genre—literally, he’s six-seven—is rousing people to conquer their finances with his first major book in two decades: Money: Master the Game (Simon & Schuster, Nov. 18). Here’s a brief history of personal development literature’s greatest hits.

    《人性的弱点:如何赢得朋友并影响他人》（How to Win Friends and Influence People），作者戴尔•卡耐基（1936年）

    这是卡耐基经典的自我帮助类著作，股神沃伦•巴菲特和杀人魔王查尔斯•曼森都是本书的信徒。书中包含一系列取得成功的秘诀，自首次出版以来已卖出超过1,500万本。这本人际关系手册的出版得益于一名速记员的帮助（根据一位听过卡耐基演讲的西蒙与舒斯特出版公司高管的建议），内容取自卡耐基颇受欢迎的演讲课程内容。卡耐基有一句名言：“你不可能赢得争论。因为如果你输了，你当然也就输了；如果你赢了，可你还是输了。”

    How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (1936)

    Carnegie’s classic self-help book counts people as diverse as oracular investor Warren Buffet and murder-mastermind Charles Manson among its acolytes. The book, which comprises a recipe for getting ahead, has sold more than 15 million copies since it was first published. Transcribed with help from a stenographer (at the suggestion of a Simon & Schuster exec who heard Carnegie speak), this likeability manual spawned from a popular lecture course taught by Carnegie. Here’s a nugget of Carnegie’s counsel: “You can't win an argument. You can't because if you lose it, you lose it; and if you win it, you lose it.”