My Conversation with Michael Dell

“Ken Griffin, the founder of Citadel, recommends reading called Hardball, the subtitle of that book is Are You Playing to Play or Are You Playing to Win? It is a book about extreme winners and some of the best operators in business.”

“I just reread James Dyson's autobiography, which is one of my favorite books. Probably my number one recommendation out of the 400 books I've read so far.”

“A reference to a book that discusses Adam Osborne's experience with product launches and the consequences of timing in business.”

“The Osborne effect was a phenomenon where introducing a new product that is better than the first product leads to a decline in sales of the first product, potentially causing a business to fail.”

“There's a great line in Henry Ford's autobiography, which was written 120 years ago. It's not a new phenomenon. Human nature does not change.”

“There's a line in, uh, Andrew Carnegie's biography. It was really fascinating because, you know, he dabbled in a bunch of different businesses.”

“There's this great line in this biography of Steve called becoming Steve jobs, which I actually think is the best biography written about him.”

“And in this book, Lee was, you know, talking about he was only able to last four years, I think.”

“The mention refers to a biography that discusses Jensen Wong and the history of Nvidia, highlighting his communication skills and insights.”

“The speaker mentions an important idea in the listener's book, particularly about pushing stories down generations and the importance of ego and self-belief.”