Insisting on the Impossible

This book by Victor McElheny was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: David Senra. It comes up in conversations about productivity & performance, relationships. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

If a single life exemplifies the inner drive that fires a great inventor, it is the life of Edwin Land. Insisting on the Impossible is the first full scale biography of this Magellan of modern technology. Victor McElheny reveals the startling scope and daring spirit of Land's scientific and entrepreneurial genius.

• “So I read this biography of Edwin Land. I thought it was incredible. It's called Insisting on the Impossible. It's the most comprehensive biography of him.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “I thought it was incredible”
  David Senra · The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 202500:57:19

  Said during "David Senra, How Extreme Winners Think and Win: Lessons from 400+ of History’s Greatest Founders". The episode features David Senra: Host of the Founders podcast, who reads and breaks down biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs; launching a new interview show on Patrick O'Shaughnessy's Colossus network. David Senra explains how studying 400+ entrepreneur biographies revealed the patterns, archetypes, and obsessions that separate extreme winners.