“Riveting stories, deeply revealing.”
—Barbara Barrett,
25th Secretary of the Air Force
No one climbs alone.
Lift reveals the three relationships that help people go further than they could on their own.
Coming October 20, 2026
“Insightful and entertaining, Lift debunks the myth that our ‘self-made heroes’ climbed alone.”
—William R. Kerr, Harvard Business School
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jeff Cunningham is the former publisher of Forbes, where he led the magazine through the rise of the Forbes 400. He went on to run Zip2, Elon Musk’s first company, and served as chairman or board director of more than ten public companies.
As a professor of leadership at Arizona State University’s Thunderbird and Cronkite Schools, he hosted the award-winning interview series Iconic Voices, featuring candid interviews with Warren Buffett, Michael Phelps, General David Petraeus, and other global leaders. His book, Lift, distills those encounters into lessons on achievement, resilience, and the relationships that shape extraordinary lives.