Liftoff — Highlights

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“Can you believe that thing, or something like it, is going to take people to another planet for the first time in 4.5 billion years? I mean, probably. It may not work. But it probably will.” Elon This is the second Biography about Elon I’ve read, the first being Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance. This … Read more

Alibaba: The House That Jack Ma Built — Summary

Jack Ma is the co-founder of Alibaba, one of the world’s biggest online Business to Business sites as well as other highly successful Chinese ventures like Alipay, Aliexpress, Tmall and Taobao. Having read Made in America, The Everything Store and Delivering Happiness, this book was a natural choice. Charisma and Vision If there is something … Read more

Patient Urgency — Excerpt from The Self-made Billionaire Effect

Last time we read about Empathetic Imagination, one of the defining characteristics of self-made Billionaires. Another characteristic is Patient Urgency. It means feeling an urgency to have everything in place at the right time and sustaining that urgency during prolonged periods of time. The Self-made Billionaire Effect explains. They always say time changes things, but … Read more

Lessons from Arnold’s Total Recall

Lately, I’m reading more and more biographies and this one was certainly great not just because I love bodybuilding and have seen Arnold as an idol since I was a little kid, but also because this book gave me a deep insight into all his incredible achievements and the things he learned along the way. … Read more

Becoming Steve Jobs – Summary

  Learn about the fascinating evolution of Steve Jobs Karl’s commentary: This biography distinguishes itself in that it shows a more humane, perhaps more realistic perspective of Steve Jobs. In contrast to other authors who have written about him, this author was very close to Steve which is the reason he is better able to write … Read more

The everything store — Summary

Learn from one of the biggest visionaries and entrepreneurs, the mind behind Amazon. Jeff Bezos worked at the hedge fund D.E. Shaw & Co back in the early nineties. He was a remarkable employee. He had the ability for deep analytical thinking since he was a young boy. Upon graduating from Princeton in 1986, Bezos worked … Read more

Elon Musk — Summary

Get inspired by one of the most successful entrepreneurs and visionaries ever   Suffering characterized Musk’s childhood and later life Musk had a difficult upbringing in South Africa. Problems with his father and bullying by his classmates were the norm. Once he was beaten so badly by bullies that he couldn’t attend school for a … Read more

An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth — Summary

Learn about preparation from one of the people who are the best at preparation, an astronaut The author explains in an entertaining way and great detail the arduous but fascinating path to becoming an astronaut. If you want to become an astronaut the odds are stacked against you from the beginning. You have to complete … Read more