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Steve Jobs was a genius, who always thought ahead of time. With the help of his passion for perfection and ferocious drive he altogether revolutionized 6 industries: PCs, Animated Movies, Music, Phones, Tablet Computing and Digital Publishing.
Despite being adopted, Steve always regarded himself as ‘Special’ in every way possible. After dropping from Reeds, with Wozniak he co-founded Apple and launched a fully packed computer, one of its first kind from his father’s garage. With Apple II they tapped the personal computer industry.
He was stubborn, arrogant, untrustworthy, rebellion, perfectionist and categorized thoughts differently. Mistreated his adopted parents and never accepted his daughter until later in life. Lied on many occasions and manipulated situations to gain maximum benefit out of them. Was kicked out from Apple for his behavior, hence his role was only limited to being the Chairman. Started another company but failed miserably.
Invested in Pixar and became owner of its 70% shares. Pixar relaunched itself with the Toy Story series which became an instant hit. Pixar was later bought by Walt Disney Animation Studios as they were partners from the very beginning. Jobs joined Apple again and became the iCEO, eventually dropped the ‘i’ which stood for interim and took command as the CEO.
Jobs didn’t believe in research because according to him customers didn’t know what they wanted until it was shown to them. Apple’s advantage from others was its integration of the entire widget from design to hardware to software to content.
It was after Jobs was diagnosed with cancer that he realized the reality of life. But nonetheless treated people as usual - his behavior didn’t change much which was downright arrogant and insulting. However his relation with his daughters was not much cordial, they weren’t as such part of the narrative, apart from the solo-trips he took with them.
Jobs was always skeptical of competition because he believed that his products were the best and didn’t need any competition. That proved to be wrong when Android came into market - competition resulted in better choices and hence better refined products in which Steve didn’t hold much believe.
What I like the most about this book is its honesty about Steve Jobs and his life. Though many times he failed but was never shy of being himself, which made him an icon and a leader.
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Despite being adopted, Steve always regarded himself as ‘Special’ in every way possible. After dropping from Reeds, with Wozniak he co-founded Apple and launched a fully packed computer, one of its first kind from his father’s garage. With Apple II they tapped the personal computer industry.
He was stubborn, arrogant, untrustworthy, rebellion, perfectionist and categorized thoughts differently. Mistreated his adopted parents and never accepted his daughter until later in life. Lied on many occasions and manipulated situations to gain maximum benefit out of them. Was kicked out from Apple for his behavior, hence his role was only limited to being the Chairman. Started another company but failed miserably.
Invested in Pixar and became owner of its 70% shares. Pixar relaunched itself with the Toy Story series which became an instant hit. Pixar was later bought by Walt Disney Animation Studios as they were partners from the very beginning. Jobs joined Apple again and became the iCEO, eventually dropped the ‘i’ which stood for interim and took command as the CEO.
Jobs didn’t believe in research because according to him customers didn’t know what they wanted until it was shown to them. Apple’s advantage from others was its integration of the entire widget from design to hardware to software to content.
It was after Jobs was diagnosed with cancer that he realized the reality of life. But nonetheless treated people as usual - his behavior didn’t change much which was downright arrogant and insulting. However his relation with his daughters was not much cordial, they weren’t as such part of the narrative, apart from the solo-trips he took with them.
Jobs was always skeptical of competition because he believed that his products were the best and didn’t need any competition. That proved to be wrong when Android came into market - competition resulted in better choices and hence better refined products in which Steve didn’t hold much believe.
What I like the most about this book is its honesty about Steve Jobs and his life. Though many times he failed but was never shy of being himself, which made him an icon and a leader.
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Apr 03, 2019 09:32AM
"treated people as usual - his behavior didn’t change much which was downright arrogant and insulting.", this description of him doesn't hold to actual reality much, he grew more kinder and considerate of other people's feelings when he came back to Apply, his last decade. Ed Catmull has full chapter on him in his book Creativity Inc. where he explains how Jobs' image has been in media including his authorized biography and adds that Jobs was loved by everyone at Pixar. Anyways, you are free to form your opinion. :) I have read this authroized biography too btw and have watched his tons of interviews!
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Hi Salman, Actually I didn’t have the privilege to meet with Steve Jobs in his lifetime so I can’t tell whether his behaviour changed or not. As per the writer and the interviews he took from people around him, he was categorically arrogant and stubborn. So if they are lying then I am not sure. He was loved at Pixar because the work at Pixar didn’t fall in his domain, so he gave them the full hand. Whereas at Apple he was controlling everything. Nonetheless, he was a genius with enormous respect in the field. Also he had to maintain his persona in order to bring out the best in all his products.
Hey. Well, I agree with you partially. Well the interviews and everything create a whole picture but I'm talking about his last ten years where he was really good leader and person both at Pixar and Apple - I do agree he was so harsh and rude in 80's or specifically working with Mac team - but I think we never get to know truth 100% in such cases, they are too complex and dynamic.
Plus I was talking from book of president of Pixar who worked with Steve for 25 years, anyways. I appreciate you writing back! :)
I have not read his book (Pixar’s President) so I am not sure about it. Though in this book too his relationship with Pixar and its employees had been relatively cordial than how he treated people at Apple. Like I said earlier that was more to do with his passion for Apple. Pixar was a different ball game. He wasn’t controlling everything there because it was out of his domain.
