“Beyond brilliant, beyond insightful, beyond courageous, the man is a mass of contradictions, the combination of which, I believe, begins to explain his genius,” Davia Temin writes for Forbes. “And, this genius provides a lesson of incredible power to every entrepreneur, or aspiring entrepreneur, on the planet.”
“Artist and engineer; Buddhist and hard-nosed businessman; ultimate optimist and die-hard pessimist; rugged individualist who appeals to the masses; prickly, difficult leader who inspires enormous loyalty among his troops; the ultimate opaque manager who has guarded his privacy and secrecy, even while providing the world with the tools of transparency,” Temin writes. “It is this ability of Steve Jobs to hold completely disparate ideas and values in his mind at the same time, synthesize and then act upon them, that is one of the keys to his genius.”
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Temin writes, “He has NOT been consistent, nor humble, nor predictable. One never knows what drummer he’ll be listening to at any given time, and this has made him a fearsome and successful competitor.”
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Merocity “A man with wisdom” true believer.
The article only marginally analyzes anything in referring to “Integrative Thinking” and a book the writer hasn’t yet read.
Temin was just filling column space with this one.
this is quite possibly the worst of all these inane eulogies.
Forbes chose nonsensical headline for their article. A lesson is possible when there is something to learn. But there is no way how one could learn to be Steven Jobs, who is unique and unparalleled person in some key qualities.
Such people are born like once in a Century or something. You are either Jobs or you are not. Nothing to do with lessons and learning.
Siren wails,
the dogs start to howl.
What to do?
He was describing a mad dog, right?