09.10 Transmissions from a Lone Star: The Secret Rituals of History’s Most Creative Minds
On a recent flight from Texas to London I sat behind a woman who was editing a manuscript. Being very nosy I strained to read the title, and this is what I saw:
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs
Wow, I thought. What a load of crap. Clearly the primary “presentation secrets” of Steve Jobs were 1) his conviction that he was totally awesome and 2) his understanding that people are always interested in what highly successful people have to say.


