Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life
Written by Guy Kawasaki
Narrated by Dan John Miller
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About this audiobook
Silicon Valley icon and best-selling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them.
Guy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in best-selling books such as The Art of the Start and Enchantment. But before all that, he was just a middle-class kid in Hawaii, a grandson of Japanese immigrants, who loved football and got a C+ in 9th grade English.
Wise Guy, his most personal audiobook, is about his surprising journey. It's not a traditional memoir but a series of vignettes. He toyed with calling it Miso Soup for the Soul, because these stories (like those in the Chicken Soup series) reflect a wide range of experiences that have enlightened and inspired him.
For instance, you'll follow Guy as he....
- Gets his first real job in the jewelry business — which turned out to be surprisingly useful training for the tech world.
- Disparages one of Apple's potential partners in front of that company's CEO, at the sneaky instigation of Steve Jobs.
- Blows up his Apple career with a single sentence, after Jobs withholds a pre-release copy of the Think Different ad campaign: "That's okay, Steve, I don't trust you either."
- Reevaluates his self-importance after being mistaken for Jackie Chan by four young women.
- Takes up surfing at age 62 — which teaches him that you can discover a new passion at any age, but younger is easier!
Guy covers everything from moral values to business skills to parenting. As he writes, "I hope my stories help you live a more joyous, productive, and meaningful life. If Wise Guy succeeds at this, then that's the best story of all."
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Reviews for Wise Guy
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love this book so much. Found it exactly the right time I needed to hear it. Thank you so much for writing this and for this audio book. ❤️
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wisdom Audiobook,I highly recommend this audiobookbook to achieve more skills, always be Good and smile.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The wisdom nuggets here are just phenomenal! Thank you Guy!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good stuff, I like how tech bleeds in and out of his life lessons. It feels really intimate and a lot like a TED talk.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Fantastic. Heard it in 2 days. Could not "put it down"
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Wisdom pearls at the end of every chapter help the reader to keep in mind the messages, stories and lessons in the book.
If you need a guide in this world, choose Guy.1 person found this helpful
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Indeed a wise guy. Some of the nuggets might seem common sense, but they all came across in an entertaining and easy-to-remember manner.
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