Passion, persistence and charisma are just three of his lethal combinations. Who would think that a shaggy nerd of 60’s changed the way we lived life and approached to it? A man with nothing that ended with something! And that something wasn’t just something! It was something great that every living creatures with human brain hoped for—becoming successful. True, Steve Jobs did a really an excellent job! He is now an object of envy and admiration and at times, animosity. He is desired by many people today. His life story is earnestly followed, dissected, gossiped about, and his example imitated. His words are taken seriously and his advises are obeyed for they could mean financial and personal success.
Steve Jobs was not born with silver spoon on his mouth. He’s a product of rags-to-richest story. He did not receive acclaim of his inventions that sudden. He worked for it. Along with his aspirations are his unrelenting efforts and dedication to his multifarious undertakings in this life.
But here’s the question, what are the factors that took him to get to the top? Well, certainly, it’s not because of the mound of ectodermal outgrowths’ which have accumulated between his upper lip and nasal passages that brought him on the pinnacle (I’m talking about his moustache! =)). Now let’s break it to pieces!
First, Steve Jobs has a Passion. He just simply loves what he’s doing. Even from the days of his youth, he kept on exploring, learning and understanding the complexity of things. Through the familiarity and skills imparted by his father who was once a machinist, Jobs was encouraged to hone his skills. He constantly learning, building new things while still having fun. Though Jobs, at his early age, didn’t have any idea what exactly he would become in his future, all he knew he existed to change the world. It wasn’t until he met Wozniak (who soon became the co-founder of Apple), he began to realized his purpose --- “revolutionizing the world of personal computing”. Together with Wozniak, they perseveringly strived. They exerted everything within their means and performed best and achieved what Apple has now. Steve’s Passion pushed him to become innovative and creative. It was his passion alone that kept him on moving, working and inventing despite being fired from the company he used to helped exist. What the distinguishing factor of Steve, he’s not like to those people who would just turn back and get destroyed after a devastating crisis. I believed, only death can stop him from innovating and being zealous. Steve Jobs taught me an important lesson; our knowledge is not a prime necessity to become victorious. It’s our Passion. Passion alone can make us alive. There’s no question how a person do extremely well on a field he/she simply love. Exactly like what Steve said “The only way to do great is to love what you do.”
Second, Steve Jobs has a Vision. Despite the fact that he was just a speck on the business he choose to live in, it did not became a hindrance for him to overshadow of how he view his future. Steve Jobs simply kept on continuing on his career, never feared taking risks and go in directions that were less traveled. His vision of changing the world gave him a large amount of self-confidence. He always aspired putting his company on the top of the list—and he did! Steve Jobs had the ability to think in new perspective. He never refused new ideas ( In his office, even though he’s sort of rejecting his employees suggestions, in truth, he actually kept on considering them. ) He employed various strategies—along with either so-called “Brilliant Ideas” to ensure the realization of his plans.
Third, Steve Jobs as a charismatic leader. The ideology and tactics of Steve bring wealth to the Apple Company. His charisma hammered his opponents including IBM. Steve was good in persuading people. He’s good in presenting and marketing their products. He could make a ‘No’ a ‘Yes’ or the other way around. Though Steve’s management style sucks, at some point, still it was effective. It made his employees compete with each other like what happened between Apple ll and Macintosh teams. Bringing so much noise on the company and eventually makes a good effect on the part on the company alone. According to him, “Creativity springs from fear”. As far as he could, he wanted to make his employees feel they were under Martial Law. He’s good in manipulating people; however he’s not good of noticing he’s also being manipulated, like what Bill gates did on him. But after all, still Steve is living with his principle. And it’s up to you if you are into it or not—it’s not his problem anymore.
Fourth, Steve has both determination and persistence. Steve treated his obstacles as stepping stones instead of stumbling blocks. He just kept on learning and inventing by constantly experimenting with those circuit boards. Despite being someone who has nothing, he was still able to stand on his ground. He remained determined and persistent. He refused to be discouraged and never let disappointments get the upper hand. That’s the good thing of being like Steve Jobs. The challenges spurred him on to greater effort.
Lastly, Steve Jobs is simply smart. Though people of his time viewed no clear indications (especially in computer industry) on the advancement of technology, Steve Jobs made it. Jobs creativity and innovations proved them all to be wrong. Even if he was dropped out in college, his skills and talent keep him on track. One of the distinguishing factors of Steve is that he just keep on exploring. He simply did nit like sticking into the results of the other people. He would rather like people would depend on the results of his thinking. Hr gave new approaches to old techniques. Better and brilliant that no one could ever imagine until brought into reality.
On the other hand, Step Jobs was not a consistent icon of success. He too experienced failures. Being fired from the company he helped to exist was the hardest thing that ever happened to Steve but somehow the greatest opportunity for him to be innovative in other aspect of technology. In accordance with what I’ve read on the net, Steve jobs management style was always been being gossiped about. He was horrible, arrogant, demanding, inconsistent, etc as they described him and through viewing entirely the movie “pirates of the Silicon valley” he really are. If the great advisor says in order to have a smooth relationship with your employees, you must be nice to the people around you, but for Steve Jobs? That’s, a joke.
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