"Steve Jobs will be remembered for a handful of remarkable strengths that he leveraged. These strengths were so profound they completely overshadowed his failings."1
"Jobs had great passion for product excellence. He insisted on elegant design and simplicity. Unlike many other CEOs he became extremely engrossed in the details, especially when it came to the product and how it was marketed. He set stretch goals for hardware and software and pushed people to accomplish more than they dreamed possible." 1
"These strengths trumped his imperfections. Yes, he could be rude, unreasonable, fickle, and arrogant. He even took credit for others’ ideas. The list of his weaknesses is quite long. Let’s be very clear: if Jobs had not possessed the remarkable strengths, these behaviors would have capsized him early in his career, but strengths eclipse shortcomings." 1
1. Zenger, Jack. "The Big Lesson About Leadership From Steve Jobs." Forbes. 22 Sept. 2013.
Historical analysis and media review substantiates that coworkers and friends didn’t always agree with working style of Jobs and there were many that he abused, but they were still forgiving.
“Jobs is a complex person, he (Wozniak) said, and being manipulative is just the darker facet of the traits that make him successful.”
-Walter Isaacson, Steve Jobs
“Under Steve Jobs, there is zero tolerance for not performing."
- Walter Isaacson, quoting an Apple distributor
- Walter Isaacson, quoting an Apple distributor
jobs led revolution in 7 industries
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