It’s better to be a pirate than to join the navy.
It was a very big moment that’s burned into my mind. When I realized that I was smarter than my parents, I felt tremendous shame for having thought that. I will never forget that moment. This discover...
It takes a lot of hard work,
I taught him that if you act like you can do something, then it will work. I told him, ‘Pretend to be completely in control and people will
Hired by Jobs in 2000
He had an imagination so excitable that it flirted with the edges of fantasy, which is also something we can try to preserve in ourselves and indulge in our children.
Grace Hopper develops first computer compiler.
Epigraph Characters Introduction: How This Book Came to Be CHAPTER ONE Childhood: Abandoned and Chosen CHAPTER TWO Odd Couple: The Two Steves CHAPTER THREE The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In . . . CHAPTER...
Congress decided to put him on a committee to write a declaration explaining why the colonies were seeking independence. It was back in the days when Congress knew how to appoint really good committee...
As scientists would discover after Einstein’s death, Schwarzschild’s odd theory was right. Stars could collapse and create such a phenomenon, and in fact they often did. In the 1960s, physicists such...
As part of the deal, Dylan appeared in a television ad for the iPod, featuring his new album, Modern Times. This was one of the most astonishing cases of flipping the script since Tom Sawyer persuaded...
As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to the difference personalities make.
Apple’s approach led to more beautiful products, a higher profit margin, and a more sublime user experience. Microsoft’s approach led to a wider choice of hardware. It also turned out to be a better p...
Above all, Leonardo’s relentless curiosity and experimentation should remind us of the importance of instilling, in both ourselves and our children, not just received knowledge but a willingness to qu...
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.
Went to Williams College, where the famed historian James MacGregor Burns drily noted, He was among my median students.17 He spent more time thinking about starting businesses than studying for class....
Una vida bien empleada trae una muerte feliz.»
Thus isolated, he became known for his brashness.
The son not of a lawyer but of a high school dropout with a passion for mechanics and his salt-of-the-earth wife who was working as a bookkeeper. Paul and Clara named their new
Special trip to Japan with