10 Amazing Biographies That May Inspire You To Greatness
Read the biographies of history greatest inventors and intellectuals to learn from their experiences
Reading biographies of great inventors will inspire you as an entrepreneur to do more great things than they did and motivated by most of their traits which made them to come this far and to be called great inventors.
I will like us to know that most recent inventors we admire today get their inspiration from most of this great men and they have made it a culture that they read on different biographies every passing day just to be motivated in executing the project which is their newest inventions.
1. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
Read the thoughts on life, invention and achievement of legendary American Founding Father Benjamin Franklin. This autobiography is a true classic. Given this quote below, it is ironic that his face graces the front of the $100 dollar bill.
2. My Inventions: The Autobiography Of Nikola Tesla by Nikola Tesla
The Serbian scientist and inventor Nikola Tesla practically invented the 20th century. He developed A/C electricity, x-rays, the radio transmitters, the laser and he laid the groundwork for wireless communication. In his autobiography My Inventions, he tells his amazing life story and he shares his unique process of discovery and invention.
3. The Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Yogananda was an Indian yogi who introduced millions of Westerners to the teachings of meditation and yoga. His fascinating life story is told in the The Autobiography of a Yogi, which was Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs’ favorite book.
4. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Think you’ve got problems? Helen Keller was blind, deaf, and dumb, yet she did so many amazing things in her life. Her impressive story is the stuff of legend and it will inspire you to see beyond your own limitations and realize that you can do great things.
5. Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
Solomon Northup was an American abolitionist who was born of a freed slave in New York but was kidnapped as a young man and sold into slavery in the South. In this classic book, he eloquently chronicles the trials and tribulations of his 12 years as a slave in the state of Lousiana.
6. Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau was a poet, philosopher and naturalist who was inspired by a unique blend of Indian philosophy and American ideals of liberty and self-reliance to go back to nature. He lived in a small cabin on Walden Pond in New England and wrote this classic treatise on the importance of freedom and self-determination.
7. Edison: His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Thomas Edison is best known as the inventor of the light bulb and the telegraph. He was a prolific inventor and a savvy businessman who held more than 1,000 patents for his inventions. He also single-handedly crafted the modern image we have of the brilliant inventor.
8. Leonardo Da Vinci by Maurice W. Brockwell
The archetypal renaissance man, Leonardo Da Vinci was a self-educated man and a leading artist, inventor and intellectual during the Italian Renaissance. From his humble beginnings as a bastard child, he would rise to make his mark on history by transforming the art, culture and technology of this era.
9. My Life and Work by Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an influencial American industrialist who founded the Ford Motor Company and pioneered the development of assembly line mass production. He didn’t invent the car or the assembly line but he used these technologies to innovate and transform the world. He also had a lot of interesting political and philosophical views.
10. The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie was a self-made steel tycoon and philanthropist who became the richest man in the world in the 19th century. He invested his fortune by building libraries across the world that still bear his name. He also commissioned a book that is widely regarded as one of the most influential personal development books of all time, Think And Grow Rich.
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