#142 Teddy Roosevelt and J.P. Morgan
What I learned from reading The Hour of Fate: Theodore Roosevelt, J.P. Morgan, and the Battle to Transform American Capitalism by Susan Berfield. ---- [0:17] Morgan was the most influential of these ...
30 Aug 202051min
#141 Arnold Schwarzenegger (My Unbelievably True Life Story)
What I learned from reading Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story by Arnold Schwarzenegger. ---- I decided that the best course for independence was to mind my own business and make my own mon...
23 Aug 20201h 3min
#140 Bill Gates (the Making of the Microsoft Empire)
What I learned from reading Hard Drive: Bill Gates and the Making of the Microsoft Empire by James Wallace and Jim Erickson. ---- Microsoft had become the first software company to sell more than a b...
16 Aug 202055min
#139 J.P. Morgan
What I learned from reading The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance by Ron Chernow. [0:01] This book is about the rise, fall, and resurrection of an American b...
9 Aug 20201h 8min
#138 Alexander Graham Bell
What I learned from reading Reluctant Genius: The Passionate Life and Inventive Mind of Alexander Graham Bell by Charlotte Gray. ---- [0:01] I have my periods of restlessness when my brain is crowded...
2 Aug 20201h
#137 P.T. Barnum
What I learned from reading Barnum: An American Life by Robert Wilson. ---- [1:23] He is known today primarily for his connection to the circus, but that came only in the last quarter of his long lif...
26 Jul 20201h 2min
#136 Estée Lauder
What I learned from reading A Success Story by Estee Lauder. ---- You can probably reach out with comparative ease and touch a life of serenity and peace. You can wait for things to happen and not get...
18 Jul 202044min
#135 Joseph Pulitzer (Politics & Media)
What I learned from reading Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power by James McGrath Morris. ---- [0:20] Joseph Pulitzer was the midwife to the birth of the modern mass media. Pulitzer’s lasti...
12 Jul 20201h 7min
