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Cover of Against the Odds: An Autobiography by James Dyson

Against the Odds: An Autobiography

James Dyson · 1998
Mentioned 14 times across 3 podcasts · 2020–2026
Mention timeline14 mentions
20202026
Where it's mentioned
2026
14 Patterns Behind the World’s Greatest Minds - David Senra - #1126
Modern Wisdom · Jul 2026
“which is called Against the Odds, an autobiography by James Dyson”
2025
My Conversation with Michael Dell
Founders · Oct 2025
“I just reread James Dyson's uh autobiography, which is one of my favorite books, probably my number one recommendation out of the four hundred books I've read so far”
#392 Michele Ferrero and His $40 Billion Privately Owned Chocolate Empire
Founders · Jun 2025
“Let me read from James Dyson's first autobiography. The best kind of business is one where you can sell a product At a high price with a good margin”
2023
#325 Larry Gagosian (Billionaire Art Dealer)
Founders · Oct 2023
“The point of w what he's trying to teach you in James Dyson's autobiography, which I covered all the way back on episode three hundred and I'll cover again on episode four hundred, is About the importance of control”
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My First Million · Apr 2023
“I just got done reading James Dyson's autobiography for the fourth time ... The second one's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. I I'm talking about the first one because the first one he writes after fourteen years of struggle”
2022
The Founder of Kinkos — Paul Orfalea
Founders · Dec 2022
“What is if you're only gonna read one book and I hope you read obviously dozens of the books that we cover here. But uh it would be James Dyson's autobiography”
#269 Sam Zell
Founders · Sep 2022
“this is against the odds, an autobiography of James Dyson's still my number one um recommendation for autobiographies”
#263 Land's Polaroid: A Company and the Man Who Invented It
Founders · Aug 2022
“same advice that James Dyson has in autobiography”
#245 Rick Rubin (In the Studio)
Founders · May 2022
“I've told you my favorite book that I've ever read for the podcast was James Dyson's autobiography. I read two of them”
2021
#201 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (James Dyson's Hero)
Founders · Aug 2021
“Last week uh I read I reread Um the autobiography of James Dyson”
#186 Phil Knight (Nike)
Founders · Jun 2021
“I would say, okay, read James Dyson's autobiography Against the Odds”
2020
#125 Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer, founder)
Founders · May 2020
“It is James Dyson's autobiography. I think it is essential for anybody that wants to have a remarkable life”
#118 Forty Years With Henry Ford
Founders · Mar 2020
“That five thousand one hundred and twenty seven prototypes that he had to do before he made his first vacuum cleaner, that vacuum cleaner made him a billionaire”
#107 Sol Price (Costco)
Founders · Jan 2020
“I love this idea um from James Dyson, I think about it all the time in his autobiography”