Last night I finished reading the biography, of course it was on my iPad.  It took me 4 day with a few longer sessions strung together.  That’s how I read things when I’m really interested.  I went in with the intention of just wanting to know a little bit more about a man that I’ve always appreciated.  What I didn’t know and never pieced together was why I appreciated him.  What I found was that some of the traits I have always carried, though not as religiously has him, are things we shared.  I’m not a Steve Jobs but after reading this I understand where I share some things with him and why I’ve come to appreciate him and all he has brought forward with Apple team.

• My wife has learned that I’m always a person that says No upfront.  I’m not a big change person unless I understand it first and then I embrace things.  I love the fact that Steve just had a binary view of things and basically rejected all until he processed it.
• I appreciate the importance of design/presentation as part of product or idea.  When people I work with talk about solutions I’m always looking to see if it feels clunky.  I don’t like clunky.  When Steve saw clunky he called it shit.
• There are people who try to think things through to make a perfect plan.  And then there are people who want something in front of them to see and they keep reforming until they get it right, even if they have to redo it.  Steve’s work with the team to build the first store model in a warehouse is great example where this was embodied.