1- What surprised me most about Steve Jobs was his upbringing. He was abandoned as a
child and adopted by a middle class family. His intellect was so high, placing him at a
high school level while in elementary school. I admired Steve Jobs’ drive. When he
wanted to do something, he would bring that intensity to it and find a way to succeed.
The thing I least admired about Jobs was his approach to family. He would later abandon
his own child and would sometimes treat his parents with disrespect and be emotionally
distant. Jobs encountered adversity early on in his life. He was a loner in school as he
skipped a few grades. Earlier grades were too easy for him and he could not focus.
He challenged himself, he pulled pranks and he learned a lot of about technology.
When he had to find a job, he would not leave until he was hired. When he wanted
to develop something with Steve Wozniak, he figured out how to market and make
a profit. When he was selling their blue boxes, he was held up at gunpoint but stayed
under control. Jobs brought his passion to market products and innovate an industry.
4- My first question would be, “Did you enjoy working at Atari?” I love video games and I want to see his passion in technology. My second question would be, “How did Zen help you become successful?” Jobs really studied Eastern Hinduism and meditation and I want to hear his experiences with Zen.
5- I think Jobs felt hard work was working until you have nothing left to lose. Even if it is risk you put your heart in what you believe in. I feel the same, if your dream is not worth taking risk to achieve, what kind of dream is that?
child and adopted by a middle class family. His intellect was so high, placing him at a
high school level while in elementary school. I admired Steve Jobs’ drive. When he
wanted to do something, he would bring that intensity to it and find a way to succeed.
The thing I least admired about Jobs was his approach to family. He would later abandon
his own child and would sometimes treat his parents with disrespect and be emotionally
distant. Jobs encountered adversity early on in his life. He was a loner in school as he
skipped a few grades. Earlier grades were too easy for him and he could not focus.
He challenged himself, he pulled pranks and he learned a lot of about technology.
When he had to find a job, he would not leave until he was hired. When he wanted
to develop something with Steve Wozniak, he figured out how to market and make
a profit. When he was selling their blue boxes, he was held up at gunpoint but stayed
under control. Jobs brought his passion to market products and innovate an industry.
2- Jobs had passion, drive, a controlling nature, innovative ideas, and a level of focus that
made him very successful.
3- One thing that confused me was about Job’s relationship with his parents. He always was able to get his parents to bend to his will and got what he wanted. Despite that love and care they gave him, he was so cold and cruel to them at times that it made me dislike him. I know that his intensity and independent nature is why he acted like that to most people but I do not understand how he treated his parents like that. They supported him through everything.made him very successful.
4- My first question would be, “Did you enjoy working at Atari?” I love video games and I want to see his passion in technology. My second question would be, “How did Zen help you become successful?” Jobs really studied Eastern Hinduism and meditation and I want to hear his experiences with Zen.
5- I think Jobs felt hard work was working until you have nothing left to lose. Even if it is risk you put your heart in what you believe in. I feel the same, if your dream is not worth taking risk to achieve, what kind of dream is that?
Hi Christian, I also thought Steve Jobs was a very intriguing person. I think that his motivation is what really helped him to create the powerhouse that apple is today. He was the leader in that company. Every company needs a really good leader or they will fail. I also think that he is a good leader because of his belief in the product. He created that product from the ground up. He knows all there is to know about it. His passion is what sold the company’s product.
ReplyDeleteHey Christian,
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs was one depraved and sickening individual who gave himself fully at the expense of his family and his sanity. In no way should the success of apple be connected to his history as a sociopath. The work of countless designers, engineers, and marketing geniuses are quickly swept under the rug to make way for a single man with an ego so large he couldn’t even make a computer out side of apple that made a perfect cube. His real failures and wrong doings are forgotten because the work of the many aren’t as marketable as the “drive” of a single madman. Steve is the very headstone on personality cults in America, failure to separate a man and a company leads people to forget what made the company great to begin with.