Steve Jobs, by Walter Issacson - Bookclub #42
About the Author
Walter Isaacson is a Professor of History at Tulane and an advisory partner at Perella Weinberg, a financial services firm based in New York City. He is the past CEO of the Aspen Institute, where he is now a Distinguished Fellow and has been the chairman of CNN and the editor of TIME magazine.
He is the author of Leonardo da Vinci; The Innovators; Steve Jobs; Einstein: His Life and Universe; Benjamin Franklin: An American Life; and Kissinger: A Biography, and the coauthor of The Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made.
A little bit about the book
Steve Jobs is a book about the life of the late Founder and CEO of Apple Inc. and CEO of Pixar Animations. It looks into his upbringing, all the way back through his school years and college years, through to his work at Atari, his travels to India and Japan, eating in his birth fathers vegetarian restaurant throughout his life (without the owner knowing that Jobs was his son). It also describes his relationships at work and in his personal experience with girlfriends, children and wife.
Also, the biography by Isaacson looks into his work at Apple and Pixar but most importantly tries to depict what makes Steve Jobs tick, looks at his faults and what many describe as his reality distortion field and everything he has achieved. It is a fascinating read, especially in today's age where Apple, which was a company that almost went bankrupt, became the most valuable company in the World to date. Jobs' Apple revolutionised the computer industry, the music industry and the mobile phone industry in the space of 10 years which is relatively unnatural.
I am personally a huge fan of Steve Jobs, and it fascinates me to see what made him tick, and the zen-like approach he took to his work. He was ferociously dedicated, impatient and boisterous in his actions however there was something about him that captured many of our hearts and Walter Isaacson's biography is an excellent read if you wish to get immersed in the life and tribulations of the modern day genius of Steve Jobs.
One of my favourite books, I hope you like it too!
Be Exceptional, and Stay present.
The Bookclub
Ego is the Enemy, Ryan Holiday
The Wisdom Of Insecurity, Alan Watts
Tools of Titans, Tim Ferris
Homo-Deus, Yuval Noah Harari
Radical Acceptance, Tara Brach
Born a crime, Trevor Noah
How brands grow, Byron Sharp
Tales of modern Russia, Peter Pomerantsev
Stone Soup, Marcia Brown
How to get filthy rich in rising Asia, Mohsin Hamid
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
Why Bob Dylan Matters, Richard F. Thomas
On the Shortness of Life, Seneca
Not Fade Away - A short life well lived, Peter Barton
Blockchain Revolution, Alex and Don Tapscott
What I know for sure, Oprah Winfrey
Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl
Creativity Inc., Ed Catmull
Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley
What Makes Sammy Run? , Budd Schulberg
How to Develop Self-Confidence in Public Speaking, Dale Carnegie
How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie
As a Man Thinketh, James Allen
The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz
The Magic of Thinking Big, David J. Schwartz
The Great Philosophers, Edited by Ray Monk & Frederic Raphael
The Outsiders, William N. Thorndike
Invested, Danielle & Phil Town
The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight, Thom Hartmann
The Obstacle is the Way, Ryan Holiday
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones, Paul Reps
The Prince, Niccolo Maciavelli
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Unshakeable, Tony Robbins
The War of Art, Steven Pressfield
Leonardo Da Vinci, Walter Issacson
Onwards, Howard Schultz
The Long and Short of It, John Kay
Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall
Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger
You know this should be on my book list! how many others on the list have you read and if you had to recommend one what is it? I'm looking for my next book and enjoy history politics, economics and crypto
hey @diezeldiddy, how are you?
I have read all of the books yes, and I would reconnmend Tools of Titans for a broad overview of your favourite topics. It takes the most important or interesting people and interviews them about their daily habits, or where they see society headed in the future. Another (up to date) version of this book would be Tribe of Mentors I'm currently making my way through this book right now.
Politics wise, there are so many books that I would recommend... I'm currently reading some Noam Chomsky and a biography on Abraham Lincoln which might interest you.
Economics wise, a book I reviewed recently was quite good by John Kay But also I would recommend books like Ray Dalio's Principles, and his most recent one The Big debt crisis (I am yet to read this one but I have heard it is really good!) Also, any books about Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are a necessity, both for economics and investing. A good one for Warren Buffet is here and for Charlie Munger, although expensive, here. From this you will find recommendations for people like Phil Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mohnish Prabrai etc etc...
My reading on crypto tends to be online, on platforms like Medium and of course on here on Steemit. However, I did a book review on Blockchain revolution which really introduced me to the realm and is still a good book to re-visit.
Amazon is a great place to find recommendations so with the books I've recommended you will find an array of other books similar to those so you will never be short of something to read!
If you have any recommendations for me I'd really appreciate it? :)
Adam x
Thanks I appreciate it! I actually had Ray Dalio's newest book on my radar. I really like auido-books though and his isn't one yet, but I might just have to suck it up. Tools of Titans, that sounds interesting. It will probably be between those two.
I just finished Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy which was extremely good. Also one called the Great Wall of Debt. The end of the Chinese Miracle. A book from a economic journalist who has lived in china the last 15 years. Super interesting and really current, just came out a few months ago.
That's awesome that you have read all those books though, just got back into reading like a year ago. Keep it up man! Thanks again