Steve Jobs - My Hero’s Mastery Journey Essay - 1025 Words

Steve Jobs: Visionary Genius Steve Jobs was one of the most influential people in the media over the last 25 years. Steve Jobs changed technology and entertainment that hasn’t been seen since Thomas Edison illuminated the world, radicalizing the technology and telecommunications industry. Jobs was born in San Francisco, California February 24, 1955. â€Å"Jobs was an avid computer hobbyist who dropped out of Reed College after his first semester. At the age of 21, he founded Apple Computer, Inc., with Stephen G. Wozniak, a friend and fellow computer hobbyist† (Jobs). Step One: The Creative Task The creative task involves being able to alter one’s concept of creativity and try to see things from a new angle – especially design! â€Å"Most often,†¦show more content†¦He was extremely detail oriented and had a meticulous eye for such. As such, he surrounded himself like-minded individuals who would follow his lead. Jobs was extremely demanding of his workers and was not much of a delegator. He involved or inserted himself in every project possible, and every detail of the design of each project. Because of intense competition and internal dissention, Jobs was forced to leave his company in 1985. After Jobs was forced out of his company, he went on to form NeXT Computer, Inc., and he also formed Pixar, the maker of many childhood movies, such as â€Å"Toy Story†. Step Three: The Creative Breakthrough As Green points out in the text, at a particular high point of tension or stress, the individual lets go, or move onto to something else. For Jobs, this was Pixar, and working closely with Disney to create computer generated animation movies. A week after â€Å"Toy Story† was released, Jobs took Pixar public, and was immediately back on the market, making waves – while Apple was sinking and falling to Bill Gates and his crew of workers with the release of Windows 95. The apple computer failed to change or evolve for over a decade while Jobs was away, exploring other ventures. The then current Apple CEO, Gil Amilio, looked for software to replace the old Mac OS. Amilio approached Jobs and brought him back to the company. Apple acquired Jobs’ NeXT operating system, and brought Steve in as an â€Å"informal adviser to the CEO†. After a $700 million loss