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Oh Steve Jobs!

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Finished reading Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson. First let me share my disappointment - no it is not the book - it is well written. My disappointment is that of Steve Jobs as a human being. Wish he was less ruthless with the people around him. As I am typing this post on a Mac Laptop my heart goes out to the folks who got fired and the poor employees who had nervous breakdowns trying to match Steve Job's specifications. There could be an argument for Steve Jobs - if he was not this ruthless with his employees and demanded perfection - we would not have seen Apple as it is now. I beg to differ - he was quite kind with Pixar employees and see what Pixar has accomplished. Before I started the book I had a few questions - who is Steve Jobs and how did he pull off such amazing things? : well I got the answers. 1. Focus : Our man can focus on the issue at hand like a laser. Not only that - he can get people around him to focus. His mercurial and brash personality could have h