What is very clear to me as I make my way through his book, is that Jobs lived in a world that seemed to revolve around him and only him. “He acted as if the normal rules didn’t apply to him, and the passion, intensity, and extreme emotionalism he brought to everyday life were things he also poured into the products he made. His petulance and impatience were part and parcel of his perfectionism," Isaacson writes.
Like any person that has their flaws, he was also a person who was able to accomplish so much and do good in his own unique way. We've featured several Jobs posts such as The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs and Steve Jobs - 20 life lessons.
This Forbes article highlights excerpts from the Isaacson book.
- “He astounded me with the intimacy and the openness about people, about ideas, about strategies, about family, about what was valuable, about his place on the Earth, and his mission and why he cared about things,” Isaacson said. “In the end, it was clear what his passions were and how he felt. As he said to me near the end of his life, he had taken a lot out of the flow of history, as we all do — things that people do in the flow of history that helps us be where we are. And so what really counts is what you put back into the flow of history, those things that you make that people after you will use.”
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