The story of Apple is the story of Steve Jobs.
A tale of passion, grit, intensity, and the “reality distortion field.”
It is a story of unwavering focus and the will of thinking ideas into “reality.”
An account of the bigger picture and of the minutest details.
Yes! Sure, Steve Jobs was a little rough around the edges, but he was probably not evil.
Someone has to take the tough calls and more often than not people don’t want to be the “bad” guy in the room.
Also, someone has to be the voice of reason. The force of intent and faith among the confusion and naysayers. Someone has to risk making a bold move and push everyone a little harder in the pursuit of a great vision.
It’s not about being right or wrong but it’s how you will find Steve Jobs in the book. There are incidents in the book where I felt his harsh reactions were uncalled for and maybe there were other decent ways to deal with those issues but that is me, and maybe you, but no one can vouch for someone’s personality or say for certain what was the right thing to do at any given moment.
A billionaire hippy visionary who not only made products that work but integrated technology with humanities.
A confluence of art and technology.
That’s what makes Apple products so affable, Steve Jobs believed that the inside of a system should look and be as organized as the outside.
End-to-end integration of software and hardware.
A fan of Bob Dylan and the Beatles, a spiritual seeker by the end of his life who went to India for answers about life and God and someone who saved the music industry, and changed the way we store and consume media.
Steve Jobs was also behind the first feature-length computer-animated film “Toy Story.” Making him one of the key players in the emergence of Pixar and someone who also revolutionized mobile phones from mere communications devices to devices that can do photography, play music, send emails, and access web services.
The innovations at Apple are what have paved the road for modern smartphones.
Steve Jobs was also ardent about creating a team of A-players and fostered an open culture at Apple, you think something is great, you say it, and if you think something is shit, you say that as well.
A tale of fall and rise. A tale of trusting your intuition a little more and most importantly a tale about being one of the crazy ones who think they can change the world.
The author Walter Isaacson does a great job of portraying Steve Jobs’s entire life in an as unadulterated form as possible, this is the most accurate and genuine account of one of the greatest visionaries of the 21st century.
If you want to know what goes into making the world’s most valuable company and if you want some motivation to start working on your most ambitious project ever, then don’t waste a moment and get this book and start reading now.
Conclusion
In this review of “Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson,” I tried to include as many subjects of interest from the book as possible for everyone.
However, anyone who is an entrepreneur and people who enjoy reading biographical books will definitely find a lot of things of value in this book. On the other hand, anyone who is looking for inspiration and who wants to do something amazing with their own lives, who wants to understand, what amount of work and intensity goes into making something remarkable happen, will definitely get their dose here.
As a simple story, it’s an enjoyable tale as well, worthy of a Hollywood movie if you know what I mean.
Finally, one other biography that Walter Isaacson has hit out of the park is Leonardo Da Vinci’s biography. So far in my life it’s the most amazing biography that I have ever read. This is more praise for the author than the subject of his book, even though Da Vinci was the most excellent and singular man [vuoma eccellentissimo e sinnghularissimo].
