Let IT Go The Memoirs of Dame Stephanie Shirley eBook Dame Stephanie Shirley Richard Askwith
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Dame Stephanie Shirley is one of Britain's leading philanthropists and has devoted most of her life to helping good causes, especially those close to her heart.
This fascinating memoir charts Dame Stephanie's life from her time as a child in Germany and arrival in England as an unaccompanied Kindertransport refugee through to her retirement and dedication to charity. It is an amazing read which will take you through the entire range of emotions - from happiness at the success of her original company Freelance Programmers through to the ultimate sadness of losing her only child.
This edition has been specially formatted by Andrews UK and includes photographs from Dame Stephanie's personal collection.
"Whether the challenges are being a child refugee, having an autistic child or creating a fortune (then giving it all away) by founding a tech company at a time when women were supposed to be home baking bread, Dame Stephanie Shirley's cinematic memoir inspires us all to keep reaching. Never stop reaching." - David Puttnam
"I feel lucky to count myself one of Steve’s friends, and I am so happy that, by sharing her story with us in the pages of this book, she will inevitably acquire many more admirers and fans. We may never be able to achieve a fraction of her success and influence, but the example of her generosity and unflagging attempts to use her hard won fortune to do good will inspire all of us to do just that bit more to leave the world a slightly better place than we found it." - Jane Asher
"There is an entire business course in this book about the dangers of profitless growth, the difficulties of succession planning, and the problems of managing clever people. But more important, this engrossing story of an extraordinary life is filled with lessons in what it means to be human." - Michael Skapinker, Financial Times
"The word 'inspiring' is greatly overused, but Stephanie Shirley's story is one of those rare cases in which it truly applies. This book is an extraordinary tale of creativity and resilience, and of the power of well-targeted philanthropy to transform the world" - Oliver Burkeman, Guardian journalist and author
Let IT Go The Memoirs of Dame Stephanie Shirley eBook Dame Stephanie Shirley Richard Askwith
Dame Stephanie's book is frequently quite detailed about her business ventures and her philanthropy (which is extraordinary) so that the book plods at times. She had a very rocky relationship with her father, Arnold Buchtal, one of Germany's truly great pre-Hitler attorneys and judges, who later prosecuted war criminals in Nuremberg, so that very interesting part of her life and family get rather short shrift.Her son was autistic in the era before people had any good ideas on its treatment. This made for a very tragic family life.
The story that is told is still fascinating: a young woman who was very talented at mathematics and engineering who triumphed over the sexist prejudices in the UK in the post-war era. It's few shortcomings aside, I liked and greatly enjoyed about 85% of the pages; the rest I passed over, mostly. (A disclosure: Dame Stephanie and my wife are very distantly related at the grandparent and great grandparent level, which is why I decided to get the book in the first place.)
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Let IT Go The Memoirs of Dame Stephanie Shirley eBook Dame Stephanie Shirley Richard Askwith Reviews
I love the book. It is the most fantastic book i have ever read. Shirley is sincere, hard-working, kind, and passionate woman, and a role model for all the women who want to make a difference in life. Thank you so much for share your remarkable life journey with us!
Very interesting woman and life! Couldn't put it down.
I was amazed that I had never heard of this woman before seeing her do My Brief but Spectacular Take on . . . on the PBS NewsHour. An amazing life!
I do not normally read biographies but this book is well written and feels more like a fiction novel than a biography. Her life story is truly amazing and any woman who wants to go after their dreams needs to read this book immediately.
It was an enjoyable book, with an emotional base from the outset, her courageous life and extensive work, and the immense force within to provide her autistic son with the chance to be. The aspects that captured most interest were on shared profit, the fulfillment of giving through philanthropy and the commitment to letting go.
One of the most interesting books I have read in a very long time!
Stephanie Shirley will make you feel at once empowered to conquer the world as she did, and that you are not doing enough to advance your own life, business, cause, or dream.
The sheer number of her accomplishments are astounding, and she recounts them as if they were simple solutions to problems. She shows how they were anything but simple, but while reading, it almost all seemed inevitable with her being the force pushing it all forward, and the historical recounting of her battles and successes flows easily.
She candidly breaks down real financials during key events of the business, and you get to ride the roller coaster with her as she was told it would never work.
Seen through today's lens post-bubble, post globalized work forces, what she did was timed just right and executed incredibly well, and she transferred power/empowered her successors over and over.
She created a company of freelance software programmers who wrote punch card code at home, when the industry wasn't writing software for hire, would never think a woman could run this business, and would have never thought a woman could do it all from home. This was pre-Internet, dear review reader!!! Incredible!
She did it with unbelievable stresses in the home AS WELL as in business, and she did this far better than anyone I know could.
And she managed, in the end, to have created a lasting ideal that survived multiple versions of her original dream. Even later into her 80's, the company mission, vision, and values she started - with £6 and a mission statement - still influences the company heavily today.
So should you read this?
You should Read this if you're a freelancer, programmer, or work from home. Read this if you are a consultancy or agency owner (like me), wondering what the future of work should look like, or want to know more about agency succession and philanthropy. Read this if you are a woman entrepreneur looking to beat the odds.
Her story will inspire you while at the same time give you exactly the right perspectives on your own problems, with these fantastic nuggets of wisdom for consultancies (and later succession strategies of consultancies) every few pages.
She is particularly a role model for women, women entrepreneurs, and women programmers. One can only imagine what the U.S. might have looked like today with someone like her pushing them forward. Her and more of her mold are sorely needed here.
Dame Stephanie's book is frequently quite detailed about her business ventures and her philanthropy (which is extraordinary) so that the book plods at times. She had a very rocky relationship with her father, Arnold Buchtal, one of Germany's truly great pre-Hitler attorneys and judges, who later prosecuted war criminals in Nuremberg, so that very interesting part of her life and family get rather short shrift.
Her son was autistic in the era before people had any good ideas on its treatment. This made for a very tragic family life.
The story that is told is still fascinating a young woman who was very talented at mathematics and engineering who triumphed over the sexist prejudices in the UK in the post-war era. It's few shortcomings aside, I liked and greatly enjoyed about 85% of the pages; the rest I passed over, mostly. (A disclosure Dame Stephanie and my wife are very distantly related at the grandparent and great grandparent level, which is why I decided to get the book in the first place.)
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