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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Guy Kawasaki’s family left Japan for America in search of a brighter future.
Chapter 3: Guidance from two of Guy’s teachers set him on the road to Stanford University.
Chapter 4: Leaving law school taught Guy that quitting isn’t necessarily the same thing as failure overall.
Chapter 5: Guy was fortunate to land a break at Apple, but he soon proved that he was the right man for the job.
Chapter 6: Guy experienced ups and downs at Apple and ultimately left to start his own business from scratch.
Chapter 7: Guy returned to Apple in the mid-nineties when the company seemed it might collapse soon.
Chapter 8: Parenting taught Guy priceless lessons in empathy and kindness too.
Chapter 9: Starting surfing in his sixties showed Guy it’s never too late to learn new tricks in life.
Description
Wise Guy (2019) tells the story of entrepreneur and best-selling author Guy Kawasaki’s life. Born into an ambitious Japanese family living in Hawaii, he went on to shine as one of Apple’s leading lights after dropping out of law school. Kawasaki has seen it all. In these blinks, he guides readers through his ups and downs and the lessons he’s picked up along the way as a student, tech guru, parent and sixty-something surfer.
Who Should Listen
- Self-starters and the entrepreneurially minded
- Digital pioneers
- Anyone who loves inspiring true stories