Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, 2011
The biography is based on more than forty interviews with Jobs that were conducted over two years as well as interviews with more than one hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues. The book was written at the request of Jobs. Isaacson is a former executive at CNN and TIME who has written best-selling biographies of Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein. Jobs is said to have encouraged the people interviewed to speak honestly. Even though Jobs cooperated with the book, he wanted no control over its content other than the book’s cover and waived the right to read it before it was published. The book was released on October 24, 2011 – 19 days after Jobs’ death.
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“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.” – Steve Jobs