Biographers should not write how-to or self-help books; instead, they should present real, flesh-and-blood people in chronological narrative so readers can understand their struggles, values, and approach—and then extract lessons by studying multiple lives, not by following a simple 7-step formula.
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Walter IsaacsonEvidence Quote
“we biographers don't write how-to books ... there's only one steve jobs there's only one leonardo da vinci you've got to study a whole lot of lives”
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What You Can Learn From History's Greatest Innovators | Walter Isaacson | The Knowledge Project 121— The Knowledge Project PodcastCreated: 8/12/2026, 10:30:56 PM
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