Having worked in major media markets for a few decades, I remember when the better pr person one could be, or spin-doctor if you will, the cooler you were, and the more people wanted to do business with you. All that has changed, dramatically, and probably for the better.
I love reading autobiographies because, more often than not, one really gets to meet the author through the book, and it is easy (for me) within the first few pages to see if the article is being written from the writer’s heart, or if it is a bunch of hype.
I try to read them all because they can have a grounding experience. If the author is able to express him/or herself well, he/she can reveal things that are never told in the press.
On the few occasions I read a good one, I can get so fired up, I want to try what that person has tried. Of course at age fifty two, I am keenly aware of my on faults and liabilities and limitations, and I can’t do it all as I felt in my youth, so I do what I think I can do where my strengths are.
Two of the best autobiographies I read were Sam Walton’s and Charles Schulz’s, for different reasons.
I loved Schulz...