- I recently read Ben Austen’s WIRED article about Steve Jobs, which prompted me to put together my thoughts about the tradeoffs of being a successful entrepreneur.
- After reading it, you might be convinced that you can either be a jerk and successful or decent and mediocre.
- Successful people come in all forms and they all have different limitations, baggage, prejudices, and ways of looking at the world.
- Jobs was successful because his unreasonably high goals, brilliant insight, and relentless passion made people want to work with him.
- You don’t have to have a surly personality to be successful, although sometimes it comes with the territory.