I decided to read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
Something that surprised me about Steve Jobs was that he was very strange. He did drugs, and tried strange diets. I would have imagined him as being a straightforward person, possibly finding things like that irrational.
I admired that he had such huge vision. He believed he could make everything happen and I don't doubt that he would have done many more amazing things if he were still alive today.
However, as with a lot of other highly intellectual people, I do not admire his lack of emotional understanding. Guys like Jobs are very goal-oriented, dedicated to advancing their study/field/industry, but often aren't able to sympathize with others.
Steve Jobs' most important competency, in my opinion, was his ability to predict what was coming next, in terms of technology. He was able to predict and create the next waves of technology on more than one occasion.
I was confused about his apple diet. Talk about weird.
I would ask him:
"What do you think about what exists in the cosmos?"
"How would someone who isn't good with computers go about defeating the learning curve it takes to get better at something like programming?"
I also did Steve Jobs for this one! I had the same exact "what surprised me about him". It's interesting that one of the most influential person of our recent time, was someone who experimented with drugs. What threw me off about him was his lack of emotional intelligence too. It's crazy to see someone so intelligent completely lack the ability to understand others emotions.
ReplyDeleteHey Josh, Steve Jobs is one of the most influential people the growing of technology. His products and ideologies are shaping the technological world we are living in today. I really like how you said that his most important competency was understanding the market and the way technology is moving. The most impressive part is the fact that he lacked emotional intelligence and still got that successful.
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