27A Reading Reflection #3

1) Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson

• What surprised me the most about Steve Jobs was that his quirky and challenging personality clashed with other so much that is became a huge issue with him and his business and the people he worked with. 
• What I admire the most about him is his determination. For example, when he got his job with Atari he walked into the office and said he refused to leave without a job. This same mindset and perspective helped him become so successful. 
• What I admire least about him was how ruthless he was when he stole other people's ideas. He would berate them for being stupid and days later he would ruthlessly take the idea as his own. 
• He definitely did encounter adversity, none of his co-workers liked him because he was difficult to work with. He had to leave his original job at Apple because of how difficult he was in cooperating with others.

2) Steve job was very smart and knew how to navigate his way through the business world. He was competent in the sense that he knew how the technology world worked and he knew exactly who to contact to make his thoughts into a reality. He thought of the idea for the iPhone because of how well the computer technology was working and wanted a head start on cellular technology before other competition got to it.
3) I was confused with the part when he left his job at Apple to work with a company called NeXT, which ended up being acquired by Apple. I was confused because this put him back to the original job that he wanted to leave.
4) I would want to ask him how he stayed one step ahead of his competitors all the time and if he ever thought about going back to college.
5) Steve Jobs definitely valued hard work. He did dabble in stealing other people's ideas (other people's hard work). But I think Steve Jobs would define hard work as stamina, discipline, acceptance of failure, adaptability, and clear goals.