Thursday, October 10, 2019

Steve Jobs Reading Reflection


What surprised you the most?
I was like most people and thought I knew all about Steve Jobs. This great guy that started apple. If they thought they really knew him maybe they knew that he was also fired at one point. The most surprising thing that happened to me was after reading the book I did lots of research and watching videos to learn more. Usually when I read I book I will watch the movie and then move on. I saw my mom used to do research after watching a movie and thought she was weird. After reading this book I had to do more research and watching videos of him. This book reminded me of one of my classes in 6th grade when I watched his 2005 commencement at Stanford.
What about the entrepreneur did you most admire?
I admire how Steve Jobs never gave up. He had confidence from the beginning when he dropped out of college. He knew his worth and was not selling himself short of anything.
What about the entrepreneur did you least admire
What I did not like about Steve Jobs is that he was not a part of his daughters life until after he got sued for not paying child support. Ultimately his daughter wrote a book about how her father was not in her life. Steve Jobs was found rich overnight and that is when his high school sweetheart sued him for child support so that his daughter could have a successful life.
Did the entrepreneur encounter adversity and failure? If so, what did they do about it?
Like everyone says you learn from your failures. Jobs failed at getting his job taken from him. Although he was fine in the end he was fired from his own company for a while. Jobs also failed for some time where he would produce products that would sometimes fail and crash making customers upset.
2) What competencies did you notice that the entrepreneur exhibited? 
Like I said earlier he was very confident and determined. He was not stopping for anything. If he thought something was successful he would fully invest in the products’ idea. Jobs was fearless when it came to his products. He was convinced that his products would never fail.
3) Identify at least one part of the reading that was confusing to you.
What I did not understand is why the book did not go into more dept about his daughter how people thought about how he treated her.


4) If you were able to ask two questions to the entrepreneur, what would ask?
Did you leave your daughter behind because you thought that’s what it took to be successful?
I would ask this because some people don’t value taking care of their loved ones over money. And some people do but in the moment do not.
Would you tell students to go college if they did not know what they wanted to do with their life?
He did not go to college himself so I want to see his arguement on if people should go to college.
5) For fun: what do you think the entrepreneur's opinion was of hard work? Do you share that opinion?
I think his idea of hard work was being slick and different. Jobs thought that being on top was what it took to be successful but left his family dry. I agree that being different and thinking smarter not harder is smart but I will always pick family first.


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