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I read 66 biographies last year— Here are my top 10!

Founders

David Senra

History, Entrepreneurship, Business, Technology

4.82.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Here are 10 episodes to start with:  #168 Driven: An Autobiography by Larry Miller #171 The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune #219 Anthony Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography #223 Unstoppable: Siggi Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend #216 Authentic: A Memoir by the Founder of Vans #212 Michael Jordan: The Life #210 Stephen King On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft #193 Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder #185 Ritz & Escoffier: The Hotelier, The Chef, and the Rise of the Leisure Class #170 My Life in Advertising ---- Founders Notes gives you the ability to tap into the collective knowledge of history's greatest entrepreneurs on demand. Use it to supplement the decisions you make in your work.  Get access to Founders Notes here.  ---- “I have listened to every episode released and look forward to every episode that comes out. The only criticism I would have is that after each podcast I usually want to buy the book because I am interested so my poor wallet suffers. ” — Gareth Be like Gareth. Buy a book: All the books featured on Founders Podcast

Transcript

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0:00.0

So like the title says I read 66 biographies last year I made 66 new episodes in 2021 of Founders

0:08.2

Podcast based on the 66 biographies I've read. And so in total in the entire four years

0:13.1

that I've been doing Founders Podcast, I've read 235 biographies

0:16.6

of entrepreneurs and there's 235 episodes in the archive.

0:20.1

And so I had this idea.

0:21.0

I was like, you know what?

0:21.8

People don't know exactly where to start. And so I was like,, I was like, you know what, people don't know exactly where to start.

0:23.4

And so I was like, I'm going to make a top 10 list for the six, out of the 66 biographies I read in 2021.

0:29.0

I'll make a top 10 list with short descriptions on why I think you should listen to these episodes and then if you're

0:36.0

interested read the books.

0:38.0

They're a top 10, but it's not necessarily, this is the first one I'm going to tell you about,

0:41.6

it's not necessarily number one.

0:43.2

It's really hard because there's a reason why the smartest and most productive people

0:48.1

to ever live all read biographies.

0:51.1

And it's because reading biographies is some of the most actionable

0:53.6

and educational reading you can do. And it's something I'm just completely obsessed with.

0:56.7

So I can't really pick, say, oh yeah, this one's better than that one. It just depends on where

1:00.6

you are in life and what impact these stories have on you.

1:05.3

So I made this top 10 list right now

1:08.0

based on how these books impacted me this year.

1:10.3

And even though the books say the same,

1:11.5

you change as a person.

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