📖 peek insideSteve Jobs
by Walter Isaacson
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years, Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. It is a masterclass in innovation and leadership, exploring the life of a man who helped define the modern digital age through sheer brilliance and uncompromising willpower.
Widely read around the world. Estimated 10 million readers.
Notable Quotes
"One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are."
"If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not look back too much. You have to be willing to take whatever you’ve done and whoever you were and throw them away. The more the outside world tries to reinforce an image of you, the harder it is to continue to be an artist, which is why a lot of times, artists have to say, “Bye. I have to go. I’m going crazy and I’m getting out of here.” And they go and hibernate somewhere. Maybe later they re-emerge a little differently."
"If you act like you can do something, then it will work."
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