Steve Jobs

As Verdadeiras Licoes de Lideranca

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Published Jan. 1, 2014 by Companhia das Letras.

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978-85-63560-90-2
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4 stars (18 reviews)

Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years -- as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues -- 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. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering. Although Jobs cooperated with this book, he asked for …

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4 stars


I remember a quote from a suspense thriller called Paranoia, which went something like, "Success demands paranoia.". I've often changed the word paranoia to the far-more-apt 'obsession'. Reading this biography brought that point really forward. But in this case, it wasn't really success or money that Steve was after. He was obsessed at making the word a better place through what he could do, and that amounted to making great products. It shows through his entire story as he continues to believe in a version of reality where his word is the truth, and his ability to ignore problems out of existence.

Yes, he was an arrogant asshole but maybe that was just a requirement of being him.

As for the book itself, I really liked it. I had never expected the hipped phase of his life to be as long as it really was. A few chapters on Lisa, …

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5 stars

Walter Isaacson could have written a different book, one less rambling, more focused. But this is the book we have, and it is invaluable. No one else has ever had the access that Isaacson was given. I was so often moved to laughter and to tears reading this account, and delighted to remember the key influences of the time: Dylan,Dr. Alan Kay, Stewart Brand, Ram Dass, LSD, et al. I was into all those things too, how come I didn't invent the Macintosh? Steve Jobs was one of a kind. Read this book!