Life, on the Line: A Chef’s Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining (Grant Achatz)

Of entrepreneurship, and great men, and achievement.

The written version of this review can be found here: https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/06/25/life-on-the-line-a-chefs-story-of-chasing-greatness-facing-death-and-redefining-the-way-we-eat-grant-achatz/

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"What we see as history is always downstream from the actions of great men, working with the challenges given them. Such men are very rare, and their necessary traits include extreme discipline and focus, as well as unstinting demand on themselves for achievement. It is not only in making history that such a rare man appears, however; any truly successful entrepreneur, even if he is obscure, is a similar type of man. These traits make him the necessary first cause of a venture’s success. With him, everything; without him, nothing. He is the spark, the catalyst, the dynamo. And like Tolstoy’s happy families, all successful entrepreneurs are alike—something this autobiography shows well." . . .