It was the fact that he and his friends had a car, unlike the group she had originally planned to go out with that evening.
I taught him that if you act like you can do something, then it will work. I told him, ‘Pretend to be completely in control and people will
He had an imagination so excitable that it flirted with the edges of fantasy, which is also something we can try to preserve in ourselves and indulge in our children.
Ever since Apple's first brochure proclaimed Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication, Jobs had aimed for the simplicity that comes from conquering complexities, not ignoring them. It takes a lot of...
You can't have a sustainable US economy without a great education system. Teach students to do the job right. You don't have an innovative economy unless you have a great education.
For Steve, less is always more, simpler is always better. Therefore, if you can build a glass box with fewer elements, it’s better, it’s simpler, and it’s at the forefront of technology. That’s where...
Focused, yet he dazzled and baffled colleagues by suddenly changing his mind when he realized he needed to think different.
Change the world are the ones who do. —Apple’s Think Different commercial, 1997
Be rich? As Cailliau recalled, his initial reaction was Well, it helps, no?27 That was the incorrect response. He apparently didn’t care about that, Cailliau realized. Tim’s not in it for the money. H...
Unfortunately his Zen training never quite produced in him a Zen-like calm or inner serenity, and that too is part of his legacy. He was often tightly coiled and impatient, traits he made no effort to...
The computer will never be as important to society as the copier.73
Still allergic to PowerPoints and formal presentations, he insisted that the people around the table hash out issues from various vantages and the perspectives of different departments. Because he bel...
One of the basic lessons for innovation is to stay focused.
One must apply the greatest artistry in three things, Alberti wrote, walking in the city, riding a horse, and speaking, for in each of these one must try to please everyone.12 Leonardo mastered all th...
Most outside experts disagreed. Maybe it’s time Steve Jobs stopped thinking quite so differently, Business Week wrote in a story headlined Sorry Steve, Here’s Why Apple Stores Won’t Work.
JONATHAN RUBY RUBINSTEIN. Worked with Jobs at NeXT, became chief hardware engineer at Apple in 1997. MIKE SCOTT. Brought in by Markkula to be Apple’s president in 1977 to try to manage Jobs. JOHN SCUL...
Epigraph Characters Introduction: How This Book Came to Be CHAPTER ONE Childhood: Abandoned and Chosen CHAPTER TWO Odd Couple: The Two Steves CHAPTER THREE The Dropout: Turn On, Tune In . . . CHAPTER...
As part of the deal, Dylan appeared in a television ad for the iPod, featuring his new album, Modern Times. This was one of the most astonishing cases of flipping the script since Tom Sawyer persuaded...
As much as Henry Kissinger wanted to attribute historical movement to impersonal forces, he too conceded to the difference personalities make.
Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.