He could not have achieved what he achieved if he were nice.

The best short paragraph on Steve Jobs. 


What would it mean for a young person to take Steve Jobs as a role model—for better or for worse?

You know, one of the things that’s interesting about Jobs is that in many ways he was not a nice man. And yet he was a brilliant man. He was not particularly kind to people. Ultimately, we won’t remember the personal cruelty; we’ll remember the great products. Ideally what you want to have is a greater balance between being nice and being effective than he achieved. But one of the questions is whether he could have achieved what he achieved if he were nice.

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