What Shah Rukh Khan Learnt From Steve Jobs' Biography

Mumbai: Actor Shah Rukh Khan, who is also an avid reader of fiction and non-fiction, said that the biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs changed his ideas about business. The 50-year-old actor said that the book made him realise people should focus only on one thing at a time and that idea changed the direction of his own company, Red Chillies Entertainment.

"At Red Chillies Entertainment, I was involved in multiple businesses. But after reading the book (on Steve Jobs), I realised that focusing only on one thing will help," Shah Rukh said.

"So, we stopped TV and ad production and focused entirely on films and visual effects," the actor said while interacting on #fame, a live entertainment application.

Shah Rukh, however, does not completely agree with all the rules mentioned in the book.

The Dilwale star revealed that another author Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink is about doing business.

"The book explains that in a competition, the guy who blinks first loses first," he said.

The Fan actor also recommended Blake Snyder's Save the Cat for all aspiring writers.

"This is one of the best books on screenplay writing that I have read so far," he added.

It was during his shoot for Yash Chopra's Jab Tak Hai Jaan in London when he got several copies of EL James' erotic-romance fifty Shades of Grey, which he is yet to finish reading.


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