Steve Jobs: Man Or A Myth?

INTRODUCTION

An American entrepreneur, designer and co-founder of Apple Company Steve Jobs brought an evolution in technology in the past few years. He was born in February 24, 1955 in San Francisco and was an adopted child of Paul and Clara Jobs and his sister, Patti was also adopted later on. As being a smart kid of the family, he graduated from Homestead High school in Cupertino, California, in 1972. After High School, he joined Reed College for one semester though he dropped out after completing his first semester. The Apple company founder has many controversies and myths on his behavior and his fame all over the world. Though creating a company that is outstanding and magnificent, Job’s behavior still remains a question whether it is true that he wasn’t really nice towards his co-workers or maybe out of jealousy or anger, his co-workers said this just to create controversies in this fame life. This will further be explained in this report.

HIS LEADERSHIP AND TRAITS

People who worked with the company showed some negative side of Steve Jobs. Some say that his leadership wasn’t very inspiring as he always got aggressive and would love dominating them to work. He would outburst and give tirades if anyone he saw was going against his commands. As a leader, a person is supposed to act in a way that everyone who works for him should be inspired and impressed by him, but Jobs may have lost some of charm by his aggressive behavior in front of the world. This is what most people who knew him encountered with during his life.

In a research found, the authors Gordon Curphy PHD, Rocky Kimball PHD, discuss about the negative traits of Steve Jobs. They conducted a survey named, HDS Hogan Development Survey which gave a lot of negative results proving that has a very pessimistic attitude towards society. The above table proves, many of the myths that are reported around the world might be true as majority of the individual who know him state that they had faced such situations.

“Some of my very best friends in Apple, the most creative people in Apple who worked on the Macintosh, almost all of them said they would never, ever work for Steve Jobs again,” by Wozniak in an interview in 2004.

THE FAME HE ACHIEVED IN HIS LIFE

It was obvious that Steve’s behavior made people get annoyed and irritated to work with him, the question lies in how did he still gain and maintain his company’s fame.

Steve always envisioned those objects which weren’t even possible to make them come true. He focused on three main simplicity functionality and consumer appeal which any designer would consider but the difference was that he focused on the details of the design as he wanted to make impossible stuffs to be possible. He worked very and wanted his workers to maintain his kind of level.

'Jobs was a true hero of technology and innovation. It is his drive for excellence in the business and consumer marketplace that continues to inspire me and the way in which I run Optimal Networks. His products speak for themselves. The introduction of the iPad has revolutionized computing as we knew it.' -- Heinan Landa, CEO. REF NO 2

This was said in an interview where they talk about his excellence and his credibility. Despite the fact of his behavioral issues, some people still admire his talent. They still buy his products as his products fulfills people’s necessities. He simplified every design and his outcomes were almost perfect.

LSD

Steve Jobs admitted about one thing that he used to experiment with a drug called LSD in college. It was a psychedelic drug which created hallucinations and powerful mind altering substance. One of his old friend, Daniel Kottke who was also an early Apple employee, did these experiences together.

“Steve and I developed a friendship when we figured out we had both read this amazing book called 'Be Here Now,'' Kottke told CNN, 'which is about psychedelics and spirituality.'

When the apple company launched, he stopped the intake of this drug as he was giving all his time to his work and keeping his company’s reputation.

HIS DEATH BED

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success.

However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a fact of life that I am accustomed to.

At this moment, lying on the sick bed and recalling my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth that I took so much pride in, have paled and become meaningless in the face of impending death.

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In the darkness, I look at the green lights from the life supporting machines and hear the humming mechanical sounds, I can feel the breath of god of death drawing closer …

Now I know, when we have accumulated sufficient wealth to last our lifetime, we should pursue other matters that are unrelated to wealth …

Should be something that is more important:

Perhaps relationships, perhaps art, perhaps a dream from younger days, Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. The wealth I have won in my life I cannot bring with me. What I can bring is only the memories precipitated by love. That’s the true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. Love can travel a thousand miles. Life has no limit. Go where you want to go. Reach the height you want to reach. It is all in your heart and in your hands.

What is the most expensive bed in the world?

Sick bed …

You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear the sickness for you.

Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost — Life.

When a person goes into the operating room, he will realize that there is one book that he has yet to finish reading — Book of Healthy Life.

Whichever stage in life we are at right now, with time, we will face the day when the curtain comes down.

Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, and love for your friends.

Treat yourself well. Cherish others.”

At his last stage of his pancreatic cancer, Jobs realized that whatever had earned from his hard work. All his lifetime energy and the wealth he had gained was useless. He realized that the main important thing in life are people surrounding him and his family. He died on 5th October 2011 at the age of 56.

CONCLUSION

This report shows many aspects of Steve Job’s live. His life has been very successful and gained a lot of wealth. His company still runs in today times, but the talent he had gotten isn’t found in any of the apple workers. He designed everything in detail and he simplified every work of his. People said they weren’t happy while working with him. They said they will never work with him as he being a leader because of this behavior issues. Not only people from his company, but his family had some complaints from him. But at the end, he realized that what he had done was wrong and that he was sorry for everything. He gave us a nice lesson in life that people are important and not wealth because that always vanishes at the end and nothing matters. So in conclusion, though his myths of his behavior are somewhat true but at the end everyone remembers him as a hardworking, talented man.