Autobiographies - just too good

They are among the best books you can get your hands on. Not only do they make for interesting reading but also give you a good insight into the lives of successful people. Here’s my take on some of the autobiographies I have read,

‘Losing my Virginity’ - Richard Branson
Branson interleaves his business and adventures so beautifully that at times this book almost seems like fiction. An un-putdownable book.

‘Sunny Days’ - Sunil Gavaskar
You will enjoy this book even if you are not interested in cricket at all, because this book majorly deals with people (and funny people at that). Though at times Gavaskar brings in too many numbers, overall it is a well written and surprisingly humorous book.

‘Straight from the gut’ – Jack Welch
A good book. Welch’s graphical techniques of representing business plans are awesome.

‘Made in Japan’ - Akio Morita
I suggest reading this book in parallel with ‘SONY-the inside life’ by John Nathan. The two books in parallel make for a great combination.

‘Odyssey’ - John Sculley
A corporate drama on how Sculley first kicked his job at Pepsi Co. to join Apple Computers and then kicked Steve Jobs himself. This book depicts Jobs as the villain. Maybe, Steve Jobs’ autobiography will invert that.

Lee Iacocca’s autobiography
Depicts the shrewdness and internal politics employed by Henry Ford Jr. to kick Iacocca out of Ford and Iacocca’s comeback after his humiliation .

‘The IBM way’- Buck Rodgers
He was an IBM Vice President for many years. In this book he explains why IBM is (or was) that good. And believe it or not, this fellow used to run 5 miles a day despite his busy schedule owing to a high profile job.

Currently reading Mahatma Gandhi’s and Paramahansa Yogananada’s autobiography. More on autobiographies as I go on reading more of them.