This may be because I have always admired John Carmack, and because I love video games - although I am drawn to all kind of different book genres, but "Masters

This may be because I have always admired John Carmack, and because I love video games - although I am drawn to all kind of different book genres, but "Masters of Doom" had a profound effect on me. I read it every few months, and I have gifted it to family and friends, and most of them loved it as well. It’s not the writing, nor the story per se that stand out, it’s not just about how it beautiful highlights and highs and the lows of the Johns’s symbiotic relationship and their accomplishments, it’s not even about how their skills, strengths and weaknesses play into their success and failures (which I am sure is typical of most co-founders stories). It’s about empowering the reader to believe that everything’s possible, and how smart, hard-working people can build technologies that affect the lives of many. This book works wonders for when I am going through burn-outs, or I am not motivated enough to pursue a problem or a project. When I am done reading the book, I am excited and eager to get back into the game. I can’t recommend it enough.