1. The entrepreneur that I read about was Steve Jobs. The thing that surprised me the most with Jobs was his usage of LSD at such a young age of 17 years old. Obviously drugs were not as big of a deal as they are now, but at 17 to be experimenting with LSD was shocking in my mind. What I admired most about Steve Jobs was his independence and mindset of not allowing anyone make decisions for him, but instead he makes them himself, such as the college he wanted to attend and furthermore did. The least thing I admired about Steve Jobs was his teamwork skills and attitude in general when working on different projects. Yes, jobs suffered through a lot of adversity and issues, but ultimately overcame them when apple became as successful as it is. He struggled in the beginning portion of his career due to the popularity of IBM, but his work-ethic and innovative creativity helped achieve greatness.
2. The competencies that I noticed in Steve Jobs was his career aspirations and mindset to succeed and be successful at everything he did. Jobs was very determined and was ready for any challenge thrown his way.
3. One part of the reading that was confusing to me was why his attitude was the way it was toward Atari. Why was his body odor bad? Just want to know what the big significance behind that was.
4. If I was able to ask Steve Jobs two questions those questions would be, at the beginning of this process did you think apple would be as big as it is today? I have a feeling that Jobs knew this had so much potential and that they would succeed, but everyone surrounds their lives around apple products. The other question I would ask would be did you ever consider quitting and giving up your dream and career aspirations? Everyone at one point gets frustrated and believes they can't get to their end goal, curious as to his thought process and what he thought.
5. I believe that Steve Job's opinion of hard work would be that if you were a hard worker that it would result in success and that you are capable of achieving adversity and getting to where you ultimately want to be in the world. I obviously do share that same opinion as he does, if I gave up on my work, I wouldn't be able to achieve my career goals.
Alex,
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job summarizing Steve Job’s biography and presenting your own perspectives. Your post clearly captures the controversial nature of Jobs, which is certainly one of the aspects of that book I value the most. Without a doubt, Jobs was a controversial figure and had his ups and downs, but I agree with you, he surrounded us with Apple products –I am a long-time Apple user myself. My recommendation to your post would be to rely more on the book to strengthen your arguments, for example on #2. Overall, you are spot-on in focusing in his work-ethic and [lack of] teamwork, those seemed to be two of his more salient characteristics. Great post!
Hey Alex,
ReplyDeleteI agree that Steve Jobs was one of the most interesting, yet controversial, individuals of our generation. His innovation truly inspired many people today. His success can definitely be attributed to hard work and his determination to become successful drove him. He is truly an excellent role model and innovator in today's society.
Wow, interesting that he did LSD at such an early age. I did once watch a documentary about him and Bill Gates, and both were very different. He definitely was a good leader and he was able to see things in ways other people couldn't. I believe he had a vision about how big Apple would one day turn out and that's why he gained an obsession over it. This seems like a good read, I'll have to check this book out!
ReplyDeleteHi Alex,
ReplyDeleteSteve Jobs was a unique individual. I did not know that he was a drug user in his earlier years! I actually do not know much about him other than he is responsible for the development of Apple. He was definitely a smart person who had a passion for technology. I would be very interested to hear his response to your questions. They are both great questions for an entrepreneur like he was.