7 things I learned from the Steve Jobs book by Walter Isaacson.
It is quite ironic that I read the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson on my new Google Nexus 7, which runs on a platform which Jobs deeply despised. And it’s even more ironic that I am sharing what I learned from the book in the form of a PowerPoint, a tool which he hated more than Microsoft itself.
Flipping through this book, a skeptical me became a believer. Firstly in ebook readers, I honestly believe that they are much more convenient than the printed book and are here to stay. More importantly I strongly believe now that simplicity more than anything else, is core to what we do and how we live.
Here are 7 things I learned from the book. True to both the letter and spirit of Jobs’s principles, I have tried to be concise.
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What did you think of the book (in case you have read it)?
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Comments
4 comments from the original post:
Prasoon — September 24, 2012 at 08:15 PM
Nice. Few of those many things that book teaches. And yes one thing - the customer is not always right was another takeaway there.
Mike Kearney — September 25, 2012 at 08:17 PM
Love the seven lessons learned, especially 0. The world is full of complexity and the masters are those who can make the complex simple. One lesson that I would add to your list is to focus on a few things. When Steve Jobs came back to Apple he canceled many of the projects even though many were good ideas. He believed — rightfully so — that you can only do a few things well.
The one lesson that I am not sure I agree with is to be a jerk sometimes. I don’t think you need to be a jerk to create great teams. The people who worked and followed Steve Jobs did so in spite of his petulance. And don’t forget, while Steve Jobs was an incredible designer, you have to wonder how great of a man disavows his first born and has to be sued by the State of California to determine paternity. I wonder if his daughter holds him on a high pedestal!