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Bonus Episode: Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson [Audio Summary]

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BlinkistToday’s bonus episode features our third in a series of audio blinks; audio versions of written book summaries found inside the Blinkist app.

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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

Walter Isaacson is an American writer and biographer.

He was formerly the editor of TIME magazine as well as CEO and chairman of the CNN news network.

Isaacson has written best-selling biographies of Albert Einstein and Benjamin Franklin, and is also the author of American Sketches (2003).

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Bonus Episode: Fascinate by Sally Hogshead [Audio Summary]

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BlinkistToday’s bonus episode features the second in a series of audio blinks; audio versions of written book summaries found inside the Blinkist app.

The key insights from Fascinate by Sally Hogshead are brought to you by Blinkist, a mobile learning company that transforms outstanding nonfiction books into 15­-minute reads made for your mobile device.

If you’d like Blinkist to consider adding audio summaries to their existing app, please leave a comment below.

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With Blinkist, glean the main ideas and key insights from some of your favorite business books in just 15 minutes. To start your free trial today, just click our special Blinkist link.

Use the discount code readtolead to save 30% on an annual subscription!

Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers to Persuasion and Captivation by Sally Hogshead

Sally Hogshead is one of the leading marketers and advertising writers in the United States and develops marketing strategies for leading companies such as Starbucks and Microsoft.

She graduated from Duke University and founded her own advertising agency when she was just 27 years old.

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Bonus Episode: Creativity Inc by Ed Catmull [Audio Summary]

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Blinkist AppToday’s bonus episode features the first in a series of audio blinks; audio versions of written book summaries found inside the Blinkist app.

The key insights from Creativity Inc. are brought to you by Blinkist, a mobile learning company that transforms outstanding nonfiction books into 15­-minute reads made for your mobile device.

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Creativity Inc. – Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration

by Ed Catmull with Amy Wallace

Ed Catmull is the current president of both Pixar and Disney Animation Studios, and was co-founder of Pixar in 1986. In addition to being a successful manager, he has also contributed many important tools in computer graphics and animation.

Amy Wallace is an editor-at-large at Los Angeles magazine as well as a correspondent for GQ.

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Encore Episode: The 9 Public Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds with Carmine Gallo

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Carmine GalloIf you’re anything like me, you love learning about how the brain works and why we behave the way we do.

It’s one of the reasons why I love Carmine Gallo’s new book Talk Like TED: The 9 Public-Speaking Secrets of the World’s Top Minds so much. Carmine digs into much of the neuroscience behind how we respond to things like compelling stories, a speaker’s ability to convey passion, and his or her body language.

In doing so, he manages to uncover the nine secrets of all successful TED presentations.

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As Carmine argues,

Ideas are the currency of the twenty-first century, and the ability to communicate your ideas persuasively is the single greatest skill to achieving your dreams.”

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Encore Episode: The Passion that Drives Apple’s Success with Ken Segall

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Ken SegallEven if you don’t consider yourself a fan of all things Apple, it’s impossible to deny that the company has improved virtually every category they’ve chosen to enter.

From products and packaging, to marketing and advertising, the hits seem to far outweigh the misses. But what is it about Apple that has them firing on all cylinders more often that not?

When Ken Segall, author of the book Insanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple’s Success, asked himself that question, he found a common thread in all the data, feedback and meeting notes.

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In a word, it’s all about Simplicity.

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