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Cover/Interior by Erin Tyler Design ISBN: 978-0-9903548-5-7 INTROD UCTION All humans love to play, and so all of us are capable of great work. Play is the reason we have music, storytelling, comedy, art, and tools. Play is who we are. When we tack- le our work with the spirit of play, our creativity and passion soar. Play is the secret o you work because you have to, or because you want to? ingredient that keeps the process fun, so work doesn’t feel like such a grind. Play is the diference between “I’m just doing my job” and “I LOVE my job.” For most people, work is an obligation. Jobs are a means to pay the bills, and that’s it. Te work itself is serious, boring, or mean- Te spirit of play is embodied in this book. All 75 portraits were submitted by tal- ingless. We look forward to Friday nights, and dream of early re- ented artists, from all over the world, for free. (You can learn more about them in Dtirement. Our escape from the rat race. the appendix). And yet, there is another path. A better way to work. If our greatest heroes chose to play for a living, why don’t we?

Tat’s what this book is about.

Some of the greatest minds who ever lived, the people who shaped our cultures, and made our world a better place… A ustin, Texas

Tey chose to play for a living.

Not only did they have a ton of fun at work, they were also hugely successful. As Mark Twain observed:

“When we talk about the great workers of the world, we really mean the great players of the world.” When we talk about the great workers of the world, we really mean the great players of the world.

~ MARK TWAIN

9 I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.

~ THOMAS EDISON

11 Play is the highest form of research.

~ ALBERT EINSTEIN

13 Te only way to do great work is to love what you do.

~ STEVE JOBS

15 I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It’s totally for myself.

~ J.K. ROWLING

17 I dream for a living.

~ STEVEN SPIELBERG

19 I always try to create new experiences that are fun to play.

~ SHIGERU MIYAMOTO

21 I found child’s play was the stuf I liked to do, so I still do it as an adult.

~ MATT GROENING

23 Te debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.

~ CARL JUNG

25 Te Beatles saved the world from boredom.

~ GEORGE HARRISON

27 We believed in our idea: a family park where parents and children could have fun, together.

~ WALT DISNEY

29 I do what I do because of Walt Disney. Goofy. Mickey Mouse. I never forgot how their flms entertained me.

~ JOHN LASSETER

31 Play is the highest form of human activity.

~ FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

33 Te goal of the future is full unemployment, so we can play.

~ ARTHUR C. CLARKE

35 Once we realize that the bound- aries between work and play are artifcial, we can take matters in hand and begin the difcult task of making life more livable.

~ MIHALY CSIKSZENTMIHALYI

37 Take the job you would take if you were independently wealthy. You’re going to do well at it.

~ WARREN BUFFETT

39 I don’t care about money.

~ LADY GAGA

41 I don’t do anything for the money.

~ RICKY GERVAIS

43 If we were motivated by money, we would have sold the company a long time ago.

~ LARRY PAGE

45 Ever since I stopped worrying about fnances, I’ve made more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life.

~ BRYAN CRANSTON

47 I had no idea that being your authentic self could make me as rich as I’ve become.

~ OPRAH WINFREY

49 Every child is an artist. Te problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

~ PICASSO

51 I loved to make people laugh in high school, and then I found I loved being on stage in front of people.

~ STEVE MARTIN

53 Te most honest form of flmmaking is to make a flm for yourself.

~ PETER JACKSON

55 When I’m making a flm, I’m the audience.

~ MARTIN SCORSESE

57 I don’t know how much value I have in this universe, but I do know that I’ve made a few people happier than they would have been without me. As long as I know that, I’m as rich as I ever need to be.

~ ROBIN WILLIAMS

59 I learned how important it is to entertain people and give them a reason to come and watch you play.

~ ELVIS PRESLEY

61 When the kids are laughing, I tear up. I’m so happy I did a nice thing.

~ ADAM SANDLER

63 I think the scariest person in the world is the person with no sense of humor.

~ MICHAEL J. FOX

65 If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

~ MAHATMA GANDHI

67 A little nonsense now and then, is cherished by the wisest men.

~ ROALD DAHL

69 Te opposite of play is not work, it’s depression.

~ STUART BROWN

71 My focus is to forget the pain of life. Forget the pain, mock the pain, reduce it. And laugh.

~ JIM CARREY

73 In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

~ FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

75 It is a happy talent to know how to play.

~ RALPH WALDO EMERSON

77 When you work with people whom you like and you admire because they’re so good at what they do, it doesn’t feel like work. It’s like you’re playing.

~ STAN LEE

79 Te greatest thing about being a comedian is knowing other comedians. And you get to talk to them. It’s the most fun.

~ JERRY SEINFELD

81 Fun is good.

~ DR. SEUSS

83 People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

~ DALE CARNEGIE

85 Flying might not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price.

~ AMELIA EARHART

87 Never, ever underestimate the importance of having fun.

~ RANDY PAUSCH

89 I realized the more fun I had, the better I did.

~ BILL MURRAY

91 I think that success is having fun.

~ BRUNO MARS

93 I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.

~ KATHARINE HEPBURN

95 I started playing when I was 13 to have fun with my teammates, and that never stopped. I enjoy traveling and having fun in the locker room with the guys. Life is too short to be miserable.

~ DIRK NOWITZKI

97 When you have fun, you can do amazing things.

~ JOE NAMATH

99 Most good programmers do programming not because they expect to get paid or get adulation by the public, but because it is fun.

~ LINUS TORVALDS

101 As a rock star, I have two instincts: I want to have fun, and I want to change the world.

~ BONO

103 My motto is more good times.

~ JACK NICHOLSON

105 Have as much fun as you can, because in the blink of an eye we’ll all be gone.

~ JAMIE FOXX

107 I only do this because I’m having fun.

~ HEATH LEDGER

109 When baseball is no longer fun, it’s no longer a game.

~ JOE DIMAGGIO

111 When work is soulless, life stifes and dies.

~ ALBERT CAMUS

113 Humanity has advanced not because it has been sober, respon- sible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

~ TOM ROBBINS

115 Tis generation is the least racist generation ever. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip- hop and partying together.

~ JAY-Z

117 Imagination will ofen carry us to worlds that never were, but without it we go nowhere.

~ CARL SAGAN

119 Te imagination is not a state: it is the human existence itself.

~ WILLIAM BLAKE

121 Some people have been on the ride for a long time, and they begin to question, ‘Is this real, or is this just a ride?’ And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and they say, ‘Hey, don’t worry; don’t be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride.’

~ BILL HICKS

123 My life has no purpose, no direction, no aim, no meaning, and yet I’m happy. I can’t fgure it out. What am I doing right?

~ CHARLES SCHULZ

125 A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants.

~ BOB DYLAN

127 A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

~ FRANCOIS-RENE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

129 I was early taught to work as well as play. My life has been one long, happy holiday; Full of work and full of play — I dropped the worry on the way — and God was good to me every day.

~ JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER

131 If you knew that your life was merely a phase or short, short segment of your entire existence, how would you live? Knowing noth- ing ‘real’ was at risk, what would you do? You’d live a gigantic, bold, fun, dazzling life. You know you would. Tat’s what the ghosts want us to do — all the exciting things they no longer can.

~ CHUCK PALAHNIUK

133 Just play. Have fun. Enjoy the game.

~ MICHAEL JORDAN

135 As it is with a play, so it is with life. What matters is not how long the acting lasts, but how good it is.

~ SENECA

137 Life well spent is long.

~ LEONARDO DA VINCI

139 Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

~ OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR.

141 Some doctor told me I had six months to live and I went to their funeral.

~ KEITH RICHARDS

143 My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day.

~ RICHARD BRANSON

145 Do anything, but let it produce joy.

~ WALT WHITMAN

147 I believe life exists to be enjoyed.

~ TIM FERRISS

149 Choose love instead of fear. If you do, a wonderful life adventure awaits you.

~ JOHN MACKEY

151 Te true object of all human life is play. Earth is a task garden; heaven is a playground.

~ GILBERT CHESTERTON

153 Tis is the real secret of life: to be completely engaged with what you are doing in the here and now. And instead of calling it “work,” realize it is play.

~ ALAN WATTS

155 What, then, is the right way of living? Life must be lived as play.

~ PLATO

157 THIS ISN’T O K O E A B O T B hen you approach your work as a game, READ ONCE AND you’ll have more fun. When you remember that life’s a ride, it be- FORGOTTEN. comes much more livable. IT’S A DAILY When you make the shif, you regain your inner sense of freedom. You’re simply playing… R C I E. P A T C In order to change things for the better, we must start with ourselves. L Y P A A ustin, Texas IS A STATE OF MIND. THE ARTISTS Mark Twain J.K. Rowling — Author of Harry Potter, the bestselling book series of all-time. More than 400 million copies sold, available in 200 countries in over 60 languages. Helped start a new Author of Te Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Te Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Ofen called the wave of interest in reading. Net worth: $1 billion. greatest American humorist of his age.

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Steven Spielberg — Most infuential and popular American director of our time. Thomas Edison — One of the most prolifc inventors of all time, with over 1,000 U.S. Directed E.T., Indiana Jones, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Catch Me If You Can, Saving Private Ryan, and patents. Invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the frst commercial light bulb. many others. Co-Founder of DreamWorks. Net worth: $3.2 billion.

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Shigeru Miyamoto — Most infuential and famous game designer in the world. Albert Einstein — Most infuential physicist of the 20th century. Developed the Creator of Super Mario Bros., Te Legend of Zelda, Donkey Kong, Star Fox, Wii Sports, and other general theory of relativity. Won the Nobel Prize for his explanation of the photoelectric efect. hugely successful franchises. Called “Te Father of Modern Video Gaming.” Net worth: $40 million.

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Steve Jobs — Co-founder and CEO of Apple. Co-founder and chief executive of Pixar. Matt Groening Pioneer and revolutionary in the music, animation, flm, mobile, and personal computing industries. Led development of the iPhone, iPod, iPad, and Macintosh. Net worth: $10 billion. Annual salary: $1 Creator of Te Simpsons (longest running animated television show in history) and Futurama. (2003-2011). Net worth: $500 million.

Illustrated by Yury Malkov @ fneartamerica.com/profles/yury-malkov.html Illustrated by Rowanne AlSaad @ dribbble.com/Rawan Friedrich Nietzsche — German philosopher, classical scholar, and cultural Carl Jung — Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology. Best known for his theories of collective unconscious, and the use of synchronicity in psychotherapy. Named and critic. One of the most infuential thinkers of all-time. Wrote many classics of philosophy, such as described the traits now identifed by the Myers-Briggs test. Beyond Good and Evil, and Tus Spoke Zarathustra.

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George Harrison — Lead guitarist for Te Beatles, ofen regarded as the greatest Arthur C. Clarke — Co-writer of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Author of Childhood’s band of all-time. Wrote Here Comes Te Sun, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, and Something. End. Lifelong proponent of space travel. Proposed a satellite communication system in 1945. Continued on as a songwriter and solo performer. Net worth: $400 million. Illustrated by Paul Shipper @ paulshipperstudio.com Illustrated by Paul Vincent Farrell @ paulvincentfarrell.com

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi — Hungarian psychologist, distinguished Walt Disney — Creator of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and other infuential charac- Professor of Psychology and Management at Claremont Graduate University. Created the ters. Planned and built Disneyland. Founder of Disney Company, one of the largest entertainment psychological concept of “fow,” a highly focused mental state. Awarded the Clifon Strengths conglomerates in the world. Net worth: $5 billion. Prize and the Széchenyi Prize.

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Warren Buffett John Lasseter — American animator, flm director, chief creative ofcer of Pixar An- imation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and DisneyToon Studios. Producer and director, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. One of the most successful investors of the last century. Wealthiest known for Toy Story, Cars, and Toy Story 2. Net worth: $100 million. person in the world in 2008. Pledged 80% of his income to charities. Net worth: $60 billion.

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Ricky Gervais — Co-creator, director, and star of the original U.K. version of the hit Picasso — Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer. One of the television series Te Ofce. Author of Flanimals, a best-selling series of children’s novels. Consistent- most infuential and celebrated artists of the 20th century. Net worth: $50 million. ly ranked among the best stand-up comedians in the world. Net worth: $80 million.

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Steve Martin — American comedian, actor, writer, musician, and producer. Won the Larry Page — Co-founder of Google. Inventor of PageRank, the foundation of Google’s Lifetime Achievement award in comedy. Starred in Te Jerk, Te Pink Panther, and many others. Net search ranking algorithm. Net worth: $20 billion. Annual salary: $1. worth: $110 million.

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Bryan Cranston — American actor, best known for his portrayal of Walter White Peter Jackson — Directed Te Lord of the Rings trilogy, Te Hobbit trilogy, King Kong, on the hit series Breaking Bad. Won three consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Heavenly Creatures, and Te Lovely Bones. Net worth: $400 million. Dramatic Actor. One of the most respected actors in Hollywood. Net worth: $30 million. Illustrated by Dimitris Anastasiadis @ truly.gr Illustrated by Paul Meijering @ idols-on-canvas.com Martin Scorsese — American flm director, producer, screenwriter, and flm histo- Michael J. Fox — Canadian-American actor, author, producer, and activist. Best rian. Widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all-time. Directed Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, known for his role as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy. Diagnosed with Parkinson’s Raging Bull, Casino, Gangs of New York, Te Aviator, Te Departed, Boardwalk Empire, and many disease in 1991, now an advocate for research toward fnding a cure. Net worth: $65 million. others. Net worth: $70 million.

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Mahatma Gandhi — Preeminent leader of the Indian independence movement. Robin Williams — Academy Award-winning actor, comedian, director, producer, Developed his practice of non-violent civic disobedience. Encouraged oppressed villagers to writer, singer and voice artist. Starred in Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Mrs. Doubtfre, and improve their own circumstances, leading peaceful strikes and protests. Became widely referred Mork and Mindy. Best known as the voice of the Genie in Disney’s Aladdin. Net worth: $130 million. to as ‘Mahatma’ or ‘Great Soul’.

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Roald Dahl — One of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century. Author Elvis Presley — One of the most culturally signifcant icons of the 20th century. Widely of Charlie and Te Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Te Witches, Matilda, Fantastic Mr. known as “Te King of Rock and Roll” and a sex symbol of his time. Net worth: $300 million. Fox, and Te BFG. His books have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Net Worth: $10 million.

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Adam Sandler — One of the most beloved actors on the planet. Starred in Billy Stuart Brown, M.D. — Pioneer in research on the evolution of human and ani- Madison, Happy Gilmore, Te Waterboy, Big Daddy, Te Wedding Singer, and many others. His mal play. Helped to establish the National Institute For Play. flms have grossed over $2 billion at the box ofce. Net worth: $300 million. Illustrated by Ryan Walls @ ryanowalls.com Illustrated by Dimitris Anastasiadis @ truly.gr Jim Carrey— Canadian American actor, comedian, impressionist, screenwriter, and Jerry Seinfeld — Creator, writer, and star of the hit series Seinfeld, called "the producer. Roles include Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Dumb and Dumber, Te Mask, and Ace Ventura: best television program of all-time" by TV Guide. Ranked the 12th greatest comedian of all-time When Nature Calls, Batman Forever, Liar Liar, Te Truman Show, Man on the Moon and many more. by Comedy Central. Net worth: $800 million. Net worth: $150 million.

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Dr. Seuss — American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children’s Friedrich Nietzsche — German philosopher, cultural critic, poet and Latin books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. Work includes several of the most popular children’s books and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound infuence on Western philosophy and of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages. Net modern intellectual history. worth: $75 million.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Dale Carnegie — American writer, lecturer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the Author of How to Win Friends and Infuence People, How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, mid-19th century. Lincoln the Unknown, and several other books.

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Stan Lee — Created Spiderman, X-Men, Te Avengers, Te Incredible Hulk, Te Fantastic Amelia Earhart Four, and other popular franchises. Helped Marvel Comics grow from a small division of a publishing house to a large multimedia corporation. Net worth: $200 million. American aviation pioneer and author. Earhart was the frst female aviator to fy solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Illustrated by Luke Tornhill @ lukeethornhill.co.uk Illustrated by Allison Kunath @ allisonkunath.com Dirk Nowitzki Randy Pausch — American professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University. Author of Te Last Lecture, an upbeat German professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball lecture given just before Pausch’s death from pancreatic cancer. Te book sold 4.5 million copies. Association. Net worth: $120 million.

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Joe Namath Bill Murray — Beloved actor, comedian, and writer. Starred in Saturday Night Live, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Scrooged, What About Bob, Stripes, Tootsie, and Groundhog Day. Net Former American football quarterback and actor. Nicknamed “Broadway Joe.” Elected to Hall of worth: $140 million. Fame in 1985. Net worth: $18 million.

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Bruno Mars — American-Filipino singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record Linus Torvalds — Finnish-American sofware engineer who is the creator and, for a producer, and choreographer. Hit songs include Just the Way You Are, Te Lazy Song, When I Was long time, principal developer, of the Linux kernel, which became the kernel for operating systems Your Man, Grenade, Treasure, Funk You Up, and many more. Net worth: $70 million. such as GNU and years later Android and Chrome OS. Net worth: $150 million.

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Katherine Hepburn Bono — Irish singer-songwriter, musician, venture capitalist, businessman, and philanthropist. Best known as the lead vocalist of rock band U2. Co-founded DATA, EDUN, American actress and leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. Known for her ferce the ONE Campaign, and Product Red. Net worth: $600 million. independence and spirited personality. Net worth: $28 million. Illustrated by Denise Esposito @ deniseesposito.com Illustrated by Laura O’Connor @ linkedin.com/in/laura-o-connor-9489a229 Jack Nicholson — American professor of computer science, human–computer Albert Camus — French philosopher, author, and journalist. Winner of the Nobel interaction, American actor, flm director, and writer. Starred in Te Shining, Chinatown, One Flew Prize in Literature in 1957. Works included Te Stranger, Te Plague, Te Myth of Sisyphus. His Over Te Cuckoo’s Nest, Batman, A Few Good Men, Te Departed, and many more. One of the youngest views contributed to the rise of the philosophy known as absurdism. actors to win the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award. Net worth: $400 million.

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Jamie Foxx — American actor, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Acting roles include Tom Robbins — American novelist. His best-selling novels are “serio-comedies”, poetic Django Unchained, Miami Vice, Ray, In Living Color, Te Jamie Foxx Show. Produced albums: Unpre- stories with a strong social and philosophical undercurrent. Named one of the “100 Best Writers of dictable, Best Night of My Life, and Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses. Net worth: $85 million. the 20th Century” by Writer’s Digest magazine. Called “the most dangerous writer in the world” by Italian critic Fernanda Pivano. Net worth: $45 million.

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Heath Ledger — Australian actor and director. Best remembered as the Joker in Te Dark Knight. His work included 10 Tings I Hate About You, Te Patriot, A Knight’s Tale, Monster’s Jay-Z — Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers and artists of all-time. Sold Ball, Ned Kelly, Te Brothers Grimm, Lords of Dogtown, Brokeback Mountain, Casanova, and Te approximately 50 million albums worldwide. Holds the record for most number one albums by a Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. Net worth: $16.3 million. solo artist (13). Net worth: $500 million.

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Joe DiMaggio Carl Sagan — American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, author, and science popularizer. Narrated and co-wrote the award-winning television series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage, American Major League Baseball center felder who played his entire 13-year career for the New which became the most widely watched series in the history of American public television, seen by at York Yankees. Nicknamed “Joltin’ Joe” and “the Yankee Clipper.” Net worth: $15 million. least 500 million people across 60 diferent countries. Author of Te Dragons of Eden and Pale Blue Dot. Advocate of scientifc skeptical inquiry. Illustrated by Mary Lessing @ marylessing.foliosnap.net Illustrated by Bidkart Malespin @ bdkrt13.tumblr.com William Blake — English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during Francois-Rene de Chateaubriand his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal fgure in the history of the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. French writer, politician, diplomat, and historian, who is considered the founder of Romanticism in French literature. Illustrated by Luke Tornhill @ lukeethornhill.co.uk Illustrated by Alicia Ard @ aliciaard.com

Bill Hicks John D. Rockefeller — American industrialist and philanthropist. Co-founder of the Standard Oil Company, which revolutionized the petroleum industry. Helped defne the Controversial American stand-up comedian and musician. Ranked the 4th greatest comedian of structure of modern philanthropy. Considered to be the richest American of all time, and—largely— all-time by the UK’s Channel 4. the richest person in modern history. Net worth: $340 billion.

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Charles Schulz — Creator of Peanuts, the most popular and infuential comic strip Chuck Palahniuk — American novelist and freelance journalist, who in history. Peanuts ran for 50 years with 17,897 strips published, making it “arguably the longest describes his work as transgressional fction. Author of Fight Club, Choke, Romance, and Snuf. story ever told by one human being.” Net worth: $35 million. Net worth: $10 million.

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Bob Dylan — One of the greatest song writers of all-time, hailed as “the Michael Jordan — Widely recognized as the greatest basketball player of Shakespeare of his generation.” Wrote more than 500 songs and sold tens of millions of albums. all-time. Led the Chicago Bulls to six national championships. NBA’s Most Valuable Player fve Net worth: $80 million. times. Net worth: $650 million.

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Leonardo da Vinci — Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, inventor, Walt Whitman — American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, musician, and more. One of the most diversely talented people ever to have lived. Painted Te Mona he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both Lisa, Te Last Supper, and many of the most famous works of all-time. views in his works.

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Tim Ferriss — Author of mega-popular self-help books, including Te 4-Hour Workweek, Te 4-Hour Body, and Te 4-Hour Chef. Referred to as "Te Oprah of Audio" due American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from to the infuence of his podcast "Te Tim Ferriss Show." Investor or advisor to Facebook, 1902 to 1932, and Acting Chief Justice of the United States. Twitter, StumbleUpon, Evernote, Uber, and many others.

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Keith Richards — British guitarist for Te Rolling Stones, a band that has sold John Mackey over 200 million records in a career spanning 50 years. One of the greatest guitar players of all-time. Inspiration for Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean. Founder of Whole Foods. One of the most infuential advocates for organic food. Co-author of Net worth: $280 million. Conscious Capitalism and Be Te Solution.

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Alan Watts

British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and popularizer of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience.

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Plato — Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates, and tutor to Aristotle. One of the founders of western science and philosophy. Wrote some of the most important works of philosophy, including Te Republic and Te Apology of Socrates. Created the frst university in the western world.

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