From the library
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson, 2011
In one paragraph
Isaacson's authorized biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, based on extensive interviews with Jobs and those who knew him.
Also tagged
Where this sits in the operating system
Focus & Essentialism
Purpose & Meaning
People & Relationships
Key insights
The reality distortion field was both the method and the damage, and Isaacson refuses to separate them.
Taste as a business discipline: the insistence on the parts nobody sees was not sentiment, it was a standard applied where it could not be inspected.
The cruelty is documented rather than excused, which leaves the reader to decide whether it was necessary. It probably was not.
Recognise it early
The failure and the correction sit side by side deliberately. Read the left column asking whether any of it is already true of you.
Accepting incremental improvement over breakthrough innovation
Compromising on execution quality and attention to detail
Following customer requests instead of leading markets
Losing entrepreneurial rebellion as organization grows
Building products without personal passion and vision
The same idea, argued differently
Ben Horowitz
Plato
Ron Chernow
Carlos Baker
The full breakdown
Before you close this
Naming the specific moment you will act roughly doubles the odds you do.
Reference
- Author
- Walter Isaacson
- Published
- 2011
- Category
- Biography
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