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When you are using an iPhone, an Apple computer, or an iPad, do you still think of a person's name, the founder of Apple Inc. - Steve Jobs

Many of us only know Apple and Steve Jobs, but we don't know how Apple and Apple Computer came into being. We don't know who Jobs is, what he has experienced in his life, and how he achieved success. of.

Here, I will join you all to uncover the mystery of Steve Jobs and gain an in-depth understanding of the founder of the American Apple company who changed the world.

A person's success is inseparable from his experience growing up since childhood. Therefore, we must go back to the source, go back to the past, and take a look. Who is it that gave us a Jobs who changed the world? ? ?

Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011), born in San Francisco, California, USA, was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Apple Inc.

[1] The words and deeds of parents determine the growth of children:

Jobs had two sets of parents - biological and adoptive.

Jobs' biological father was Abdel Fattah John Chandry, who immigrated to the United States from Syria, and his biological mother was Joanne Simpson. The two were college classmates. Because the woman's father (that is, Jobs' grandfather) opposed their marriage, Joanne, who was pregnant out of wedlock, gave birth to Jobs and gave it to her later adoptive parents - Paul Jobs (Paul Jobs) and Clara—a pair of California blue-collar workers.

The behavior of the two parents had a profound impact on Jobs' growth.

Jobs knew his origins from a very young age.

So, being abandoned, being chosen, being special, these concepts became part of Jobs, and it also influenced his view of himself and formed his maverick character.

It also fueled his urge to have complete control over everything he made.

This is the impact that his biological parents have caused him since he was a child.

When Jobs was 23, he also had a child of his own (a girl) and, too, abandoned her.

Although he later took on the responsibility of being a father, I think at that time, perhaps, there was a kind of revenge in his subconscious mind. Because, in Jobs' life, there will always be a theme of "abandonment".

Look at his adoptive parents:

(1) Father's sense of design determines Jobs' extreme requirements for design.

The adoptive father (Paul Jobs) had a great passion for machinery, and he maintained a high degree of concentration on manual craftsmanship.

Steve Jobs said: I think Dad's design is very good!

The old Steve Jobs once said to him, "It's also very important to make the backs of cabinets and fences, even if people can't see them."

I think this determines his ultimate requirements for the design of Apple products later.

(2) With the guidance of his father, Jobs found his interest.

Although the adoptive father did not successfully transfer his mechanical interest to Jobs, his hands-on ability and letting Jobs try various things from an early age have subtly cultivated Jobs' independent ability.

At the same time, I wanted to let the child understand the mechanics of the car, but let the child come into contact with electronic equipment for the first time, and it gave him a strong interest.

(3) His father's behavior influenced Jobs' style of doing things.

Old Jobs used to be a real estate agent, but because he didn't know how to be servile and cunning, he went bankrupt overnight. This also affected Steve Jobs, who had great appreciation and admiration for this character of his father. So many years later, he also became such a person.

"I'm not really interested in fixing cars," Jobs said. "But I especially like being with my dad." Even after realizing he was adopted, he still enjoys being with his dad more and more. When Jobs was almost 8 years old, he came across a photo of his father when he was in the Coast Guard. "For a kid, that moment can only be described as 'wow, gosh.' Wow, gosh! My parents were young and good looking."

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So we can see how much a parent's words and deeds, and even a photo of a parent, have a great impact on the education of the child and the future of the child.

Here, I think about the influence of my parents on me:

Since I was a child, my father taught me to be honest in politics, honest in business, and practical, and then I did it;

Since I was a child, my father taught me the stable structure of woodworking, the principle of circuit wiring, the working principle of water supply and drainage... Then, I have mastered a lot of survival skills, and my independent survival ability is much stronger than that of ordinary people of the same age. ;

Since I was a child, my father told me that our family's gene of the landlord, and then, I became a proud "young master".

in addition,

Since I was a child, my mother taught me to be polite to others, to respect elders, not to eat while walking (that's very disrespectful), ... and then, I developed these habits.

And so on, these are all the influences that our parents' education has brought to us since childhood.

It is said that a child's character is like a parent, and it is hereditary. I think that it is not hereditary, but hereditary. It is the influence of the parents' words and deeds on the child from childhood.

The reason why many celebrities become celebrities is that they have very noble qualities, not because they were born like that. In fact, their parents played a very important role in it.

So, whether you have kids now or not, do you know what to do in the future when kids want to be with you? Ha ha!

[2] The living environment and atmosphere can affect children's interests:

As a child, the house that Jobs once lived in (including the area) was built by a developer named Joseph Eichler.

The houses built by Eichler are nice, neat and beautiful, inexpensive and of excellent quality.

This fueled his passion for making well-designed products for the masses, and kept trying until it came to fruition. Everyone has seen that the Apple products we use today are not exactly like this, right?

(1) Surrounding environment and atmosphere:

One of the characteristics of the area where the Jobs family lived is that "even a person with no talent wants to be an engineer".

why?

Jobs lived in San Francisco, California, where there was a place that specialized in the research and production of silicon-based semiconductor chips. Later, the high-tech industry continued to grow, and that area became the center of high-tech innovation and development in the world.

It is [Silicon Valley]!

Therefore, Jobs watched Silicon Valley grow from nothing since he was a child.

By the time he was 10 years old, Hewlett-Packard had 9,000 employees, and that's where all engineers aspire to.

This environment and atmosphere must have had a huge impact on him.

As he himself said: "Growing up here, I was inspired by the unique history here, and it made me want to be a part of it."

(2) Social environment and atmosphere:

In the United States in the 1960s, two key words appeared successively - hippies, geeks

【hippie】

Describes the young people who rebelled against customs and politics in the 1960s and 1970s in Western countries. Their characteristics: communal and nomadic lifestyles, promoting non-traditional religious culture

Hippie was also later used in a derogatory sense to describe long-haired, filthy drug addicts

The hippies of the day wanted to change their hearts (through drug use, mystical cultivation, or a mix of the two) and out of the mainstream of society.

【Geeks】

Now, it is synonymous with superior intelligence, hard work, fanaticism, and research.

For example, what we often say now: the geek spirit that advocates technology, freedom and creativity.

At that time, "geek" generally refers to people with abnormal behavior and eccentric personality, who were difficult to be accepted by the mainstream of the society at that time, and belonged to a very small technical circle.

Jobs grew up in a period where the worlds of "hippie" and "geek" overlapped.

The social environment and atmosphere at that time, coupled with childhood experiences, created the later Jobs, who was weird, deviant, and pursued innovation.

for example:

Jobs started smoking marijuana and taking LSD in high school,

At the age of 13, after seeing a pair of hungry children on the cover of a magazine, Jobs stopped worshipping God and spent years studying and trying to practice the teachings of Zen Buddhism. (Buddhism is a non-traditional religious culture in the United States)

At the same time, Jobs was influenced by the atmosphere of the time, immersed in the electronic world of geeks, and liked literature and creative attempts.

From the experience of Steve Jobs growing up, we can see how great the influence of environment and atmosphere on a person is.

It's as if we were talking about the post-60s, post-70s, post-80s, and post-90s. Behind their labels of times is actually the years in which they grew up and the environment in which they lived.

for example:

Some successful industrial tycoons are mostly born in the 1960s and 1970s. Their age and environment have created their practical character;

Most of the elites in the IT industry are born in the 1975s and 1980s, because they live in an era of rapid technological development and openness;

Most of the new talents in the mobile Internet are occupied by the post-85s and post-90s. This is the vigorous development of the Internet era, which has allowed them to live in the online world since childhood.

From the environment, atmosphere and age of a child's life, we may be able to roughly see what TA will look like when he grows up.

Therefore, although we may not be able to decide the times and environment in which children live, we can decide the space and surrounding environment of TA's life.

Different atmospheres, different circles, and different groups of people are so important to a person's growth.

[3] People around:

In addition to the influence of parents on children,

The influence of the surrounding people cannot be ignored.

Let's take a look at the crowd around Jobs.

Most of the kids, dads around Jobs were working on cool stuff because they lived in the Santa Clara Valley. This made Jobs full of curiosity, and at the same time, it also made him meet many radio enthusiasts and die-hard electronic fans.

for example:

The most important person in the neighborhood - Larry Long - he made Jobs realize that he had to learn more and go to a better school, and he joined the HP Explorers Club and was encouraged to do something Electronic project.

One of the saints in Jobs' life - female teacher Imogen Hill - she discovered the uniqueness of Jobs' intelligence and used a unique method to stimulate Jobs' enthusiasm and desire to learn.

A couple of seniors drenched in the sweat of the late 1960s counterculture who were the boosters of the Jobs [hippie] label.

Al O'Connell, chief engineer of Atari, and the boss of Jobs when he was young, defied all opposition to give Jobs a chance to practice.

Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari Corporation and Jobs' entrepreneurial icon, also had a great influence on Jobs.

Otogawa Hirofumi : Steve Jobs's Soul Mentor

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There is one more person we have to mention:

Wozniak is the one who founded Apple with Steve Jobs and created Apple One and Apple Two. In 1970, Woz, who was just 20 years old, met 15-year-old Steve Jobs. Although in the beginning, they just used electronic technology to play pranks, but later they changed the world.

We have found that successful people must have intersections with many excellent people.

When Jobs was a teenager, he made friends with great people in various fields. They either helped shape Jobs' unique personality, helped him achieve extraordinary abilities, or made history with him.

Maybe some people's success seems to be accidental, but behind it, there are inevitable elements of success.

For example: TA's parents, TA's family, TA's living environment, TA's life time, TA's friends...

It is these factors that made Steve Jobs, made Apple, and made our current era.

So, instead of thanking Steve Jobs for founding Apple and changing the world,

It is better to thank such parents and families, such environment and era, and such excellent group of people, for giving us a Jobs who changed the world together! ! !

What kind of person is Jobs in your heart?