Dell's story showed me what a person on a mission can do, and it raised my respe

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Test of talking it through: what's sticking with me. This book was fascinating in large part because I grew up through Dell's rise and success as a business. Michael Dell and I are only a year or two apart in age. His hours worked, the fights he fought and the many near-death experiences are a real testament to what a person on a mission can achieve. His stories of his parents' support, and lack of it, along with his admiration of them from a work ethic and parenting point of view, were affirming to me. When I finished, I felt better about Michael Dell as a truly legendary business founder and even more so as a human being. The book raised his status with me as an individual and as a brand of computer.

Andy F.

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