{"product_id":"2940169293609","title":"Wise Guy: Lessons from a Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSilicon Valley icon and best-selling author Guy Kawasaki shares the unlikely stories of his life and the lessons we can draw from them.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy Kawasaki has been a fixture in the tech world since he was part of Apple's original Macintosh team in the 1980s. He's widely respected as a source of wisdom about entrepreneurship, venture capital, marketing, and business evangelism, which he's shared in best-selling books such as \u003ci\u003eThe Art of the Start\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchantment\u003c\/i\u003e. But before all that, he was just a middle-class kid in Hawaii, a grandson of Japanese immigrants, who loved football and got a C+ in 9th grade English.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWise Guy\u003c\/i\u003e, his most personal audiobook, is about his surprising journey. It's not a traditional memoir but a series of vignettes. He toyed with calling it \u003ci\u003eMiso Soup for the Soul\u003c\/i\u003e, because these stories (like those in the \u003ci\u003eChicken Soup\u003c\/i\u003e series) reflect a wide range of experiences that have enlightened and inspired him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor instance, you'll follow Guy as he....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGets his first real job in the jewelry business amp;mdash; which turned out to be surprisingly useful training for the tech world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisparages one of Apple's potential partners in front of that company's CEO, at the sneaky instigation of Steve Jobs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlows up his Apple career with a single sentence, after Jobs withholds a pre-release copy of the Think Different ad campaign: \"That's okay, Steve, I don't trust you either.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReevaluates his self-importance after being mistaken for Jackie Chan by four young women.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTakes up surfing at age 62 amp;mdash; which teaches him that you can discover a new passion at any age, but younger is easier!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuy covers everything from moral values to business skills to parenting. As he writes, \"I hope my stories help you live a more joyous, productive, and meaningful life. If \u003ci\u003eWise Guy\u003c\/i\u003e succeeds at this, then that's the best story of all.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100440936688,"sku":"2940169293609","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169293609_p0.jpg?v=1763774654","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169293609","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}