The Steve Jobs Movie — Not Only Luck

I went to see the Steve Jobs movie last night. The movie itself was not that great, but it reminded me of many of the things I had read previously in the Jobs biography.

I took notes during the movie to share here:

In referring to his lackluster mood towards college attendance, the line was “a system produces a system,” meaning that colleges are not good places for outside the box thinkers and are largely designed to keep people in a box. Of course there are exceptions, but students have to proactively search for those.
Jobs was ruthless towards original employees; Woz had a kinder heart.
I mentioned yesterday that I love the word “better.” Jobs did not like “better”; he chose the word “different.”
Jobs was ruthless in marketing: 1) took out a full page newspaper ad ragging on IBM, 2) used 1984 as an analogy to compare IBM to brainless borg.
His huge enthusiasm for design, taste, and style is contagious.
Several of his famous quotes (in the movies below) were shared in the movie.

I came home re-invigorated to build and design great products.

BTW, it was opening weekend at the box office and there were less than 10 of us in the theater which has a capacity of several hundred. I took it as an indication that I live in a very non-tech non-startup-minded part of town.

What motivation have you experienced from the example of Steve Jobs?

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