The Story of Steve Jobs - An Inspiration or a Cautionary Tale

[Richmond Mathewson]

Lynn Fredricks wrote:
>> On Aug 13, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Chipp Walters wrote:
>> Read and save this article about Steve Jobs.
>> I could assure you that his "management style"
>> will find many followers in the short place and near future.
>>
>> We should expect disastrous results in more than one case...
>>
>> http://www.wired.com/business/2012/07/ff_stevejobs/all/
>>     
>
> What's sad to me is that there are people who think you have to emulate his
> behavior (bad with the good) to be successful or creative or innovative.
> That's the worst sort of tribal, pre-sapiens thinking that belongs in Lord
> of the Flies. 
>
> Then, consider what SJ got as his reward. He was brought down by one of many
> diseases that doesn't respect financial success, creativity or innovation,
> and in the end, he died just like everyone else. Except he was admired by
> many who really didn't know him, and hated by many who were probably closer
> to him than his own family. I don't think in the last hours of his life he
> felt all that successful.
>   

All rather sad.

Mind you I do think that people who have overwheening ambitions never 
feel they are successful.

> Best regards,
>
> Lynn Fredricks
> President
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