Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson
1) You read about an entrepreneur:
- What surprised you the most?
The thing that surprised me the most about Steve Jobs was how he spoke about his coworkers and friends. A majority of the conversations that discussed Steve Job's peers included destructive and negative remarks.
- What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?
I admire Steve Job's work ethic the most. Jobs came from nothing and worked his way to operating one of the biggest companies on the planet. This is a feat everyone strives to achieve one day.
- What about the entrepreneur did you least admire?
The thing I did not admire about Jobs was his ability to balance work and family. Jobs was described as someone who would regularly give up time with his family in order to progress his growing company.
- Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?
Steve Jobs encountered adversity and a slight form of failure when he dropped out of college. Leaving halfway through your schooling to embark on an extreme business venture is very risky, however, in the end, it worked out for Jobs.
2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited?
Steve Jobs exhibited numerous competencies including hard work-ethic, brainstorming, group-think, etc.
3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
The most confusing part of Steve Job's life was how he was able to win over so many people to work with him while lacking social persuasion abilities.
4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would you ask? Why?
Did you ever think that your company would be where it is at today?
What would you do over?
5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion?
Honestly, I feel as if Jobs struggles in the social aspect of a workplace (relationships between coworkers etc). Meaning, Job's opinion of hard work would be in building relationships.
Chase,
ReplyDeleteThis was a good post. You chose a harder one to post about because of the fact that Jobs is so well known. Many people already have a preconceived notion of what he has been through and what he is like. For that reason he is a difficult subject to discuss and try and teach people about. One thing I wish you had done was elaborate a bit more on the points that you made. Some of your responses left me wanting more to think about and chew on. One example of this is the questions that you would ask him. Why do you want to ask him these questions? I am just curious. That being said this was a good post all around.
I agree with you on the point you make about what you disliked when it came to Steve Job’s work ethic. Even though he worked day and night to make his business successful – he paid a hefty price. Dedicating too much time to your job could be beneficial, but when its taking all of time from your family its maybe not worth that much.
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