Stephen Covey explains effectiveness as the balance between achieving desirable results and a conscious understanding of what produced those results. He focuses on a principle-centered approach to success. The book seeks to improve your inner spirit, character, and motivations rather than concentrating on modifying the external expressions of your actions and attitudes.

This biography is an uncensored account of the life of former Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Isaacson interviewed Steve Jobs over forty times as well as hundreds of others who knew Steve and provides insight into this man who contributed to our modern, computer-driven world.