9 Books Recommended For You From The Reading List Of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos And Bill Gates
When asked how he learned to build rockets, Elon Musk famously replied, “I read books.” Some of Jeff Bezos' favourite books were instrumental to the creation of products and services like the Kindle and Amazon Web Services. Bill Gates shared his ‘key to learning’ during an AMA session, “On vacation, I get to read about 3 hours a day”.
Here are 9 books these leaders have read and think we should read them too.
ELON MUSK
Zero to One explores how companies can better predict the future and take action to ensure that their startup is a success.?
2. Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down by J.E. Gordon
When Musk decided to start SpaceX, he took it upon himself to learn the fundamentals of rocket science. A popular take on structural engineering, this was one of the books that helped him.
3. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom
"We are rapidly heading towards digital superintelligence that far exceeds any human."
To find out why these risks are so scary, Musk says it's worth reading Superintelligence.
JEFF BEZOS
A? business favourite, it draws on six years of research from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business that looks into what separates exceptional companies from competitors.
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2. The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton M. Christensen
This book chronicles how innovation takes place and why market leaders and incumbents fail to seize the next wave of innovation in their respective industries.
3. Lean Thinking: Banish Waste And Create Wealth In Your Corporation by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
This book offers guidelines for lean-thinking firms and brings their groundbreaking practices to a brand new generation of companies that are looking to stay one step ahead of the competition.
BILL GATES
In Gates words, this book is, “A great story from a very smart guy.” A compilation of forty-plus years of stories that tracks Buffet’s many accomplishments and his occasional mistakes.?
2. Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales from the World of Wall Street by John Brooks
The best book Bill Gates says he’s ever read. The particulars of business have changed since this book was first published in the 1960s but the fundamentals have not.
3. What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
A lot of important and strange questions were answered in a hilarious yet informative way by the webcomic creator. What If explains the laws of science in a way every reader would enjoy.
How many of these books are on your reading list? Do share which book you are picking next and then let’s try and restart our Reading Club with it.