也许你正在职场阶梯上拼命地向上爬，又或许你对目前的这份工作很满意，但无论如何，下面将要介绍的这六本书对你职业生涯的提升都大有裨益。现在就让专业的猎头顾问告诉你原因。

《生活的艺术》：关于美德、幸福和效率的经典手册

一名科技行业的招聘经理居然会推荐一本2000年前的古希腊哲学家写的书，貌似是有些奇怪。不过科技招聘公司Dave Partners的CEO戴夫•卡瓦哈尔表示，这本书里的一些见解即便对当今的职场人士来说也是非常现代的。

卡瓦哈尔认为：“随着创新速度的加快，加之对外部关系管理的深度和速度要求得更高，古希腊斯多葛学派的哲学家爱比克泰德提出的一些品德，在今天也具有了更重要的意义。”即便是在社交媒体主宰了相当一部分人际互动的时代，爱比克泰德的一些建议也是经典而永恒的。“我们唯一能控制的事，就是管理内心世界和自我。”

《引爆点》：看小事如何成就大不同

猎头公司Challenger, Gray & Christmas的CEO约翰•查伦吉尔在谈到马尔科姆•格拉德维尔的这本当代经典著作时表示：“之所以说这本书好，就因为它讲了是什么让信息流动的，以及信息是如何在人群中流动的。它不仅谈到如何去找一份工作，更重要的是谈到了沟通背后的理念。它不仅仅提到了所谓的‘连接者’——也就是认识很多人的人，还提到了这些人对你找工作为什么重要，因为他们能把你介绍到你需要见的人那里。”

《极端所有权》：美国海豹突击队的领导和成功艺术

这是一本正在学习企业领导艺术的你轻易不会翻到的书。本书的两位作者乔可•威灵克和利夫•巴宾曾在伊拉克战争中担任过美军海豹突击队的指挥官，而他们在进行决策时，所面临的风险要远远高于任何一个公司的高管。卡瓦哈尔表示：“这本书告诉我们，无论是在企业里还是在生活中，为什么充分的领导权和责任心对于成功来说都是十分重要的。”

《机器人的崛起》：科技发展或将带来全面失业

软件与招聘公司Jobvite公司的CEO丹•芬尼根表示：“就业市场的波动和自动化的发展仍然是很多人关注的话题，像这样一本书可以帮助人们了解未来的就业市场是什么样子，以及自己能在其中扮演什么样的角色。”在本书作者、未来学家马丁•福特看来，随着机器人和人工智能技术的兴起，人们要想在未来的职场中保留立锥之地，就要不断对自身进行调整。芬尼根表示：“我们的技能必须要进化，随着这些技术的加速发展，与这些变革保持同步也是很重要的。”

《鞋狗》：耐克创始人的回忆录

查伦吉尔介绍道，《鞋狗》披露了耐克背后的创业故事。在这本书中，耐克创始人菲尔•奈特既描述了一名创业人的决心和坚持，也讲了NIKE是如何从一家小公司成长为一家巨型企业的。查伦吉尔认为：“这是一本非常鼓舞人心的书。”（财富中文网）

译者：朴成奎

Whether you’re actively looking to climb the corporate ladder or you’re happy in your current job, professional headhunters explain that these are the books that will advance your career—and why.

• The Art of Living: The Classical Manual on Virtue, Happiness, and Effectiveness

It might seem strange to have a high-tech recruiter to recommend a book by a Greek philosopher who lived nearly 2,000 years ago, but Dave Carvajal, CEO of technology recruiting firm Dave Partners, says it contains some surprisingly modern insights for today’s professional.

“Some of the virtues from the Greek stoics are perhaps more relevant today with the increased pace of innovation and the need to manage the velocity and depth of external relationships,” Carvajal says. Even in an age when social media dominates much of our interaction, this advice proves timeless. “A sense of affiliation with like-minded people leads to high satisfaction rates at work,” he says. “Managing the internal world and self are the only things we can control.”

• The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

“The reason it’s so good is that book is about what make messages move and how messages move through people,” John Challenger, CEO of executive outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, said via email of the modern classic from Malcolm Gladwell. “It’s not only about how you look for a job — it’s more about the ideas behind communicating. It really is. Not only does it talk about connectors, people who know lots of people [but] those people are crucial in a job search because they can introduce you to people you need to see.”

• Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

This isn’t your ordinary tome on corporate leadership. As Navy SEAL commanders serving during the war in Iraq, co-authors Jocko Willink and Leif Babin had to make leadership decisions with higher stakes than anyone faces in a boardroom. “This book shows how full ownership and accountability in business — and in life — are important for success,” Carvajal says.

• Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future

“As the job market shifts and automation continues to weigh on folks’ minds, a book like this could help them understand the job market of the future and where they fit in,” Dan Finnigan, CEO of software and recruiting company Jobvite, says of Rise of the Robots, by futurist and author Martin Ford. In the future, the increase in robotics and artificial intelligence means people will need to adapt to stay relevant in the workforce. “Skills will have to evolve, and as this technology accelerates, staying abreast of these shifts will be crucial,” Finnigan says.

• Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

Challenger says that by pulling back the curtain on the story behind the swoosh, Nike founder Phil Knight tells a story that is as much about entrepreneurial determination and drive as it is about Nike’s improbable growth from start-up to corporate giant. “It’s an inspirational book,” Challenger says.