One of the greatest contributions a person can make on society is to be a visionary. Perhaps nobody in modern times was more of one than Steve Jobs, who sadly passed away this week.
The very basic elements of blocking and tackling were the essence of Jobs, whose innovative approach to business coupled with intuition and persistence became a presence in the lives of millions. Truth be known, if more industry leaders were like Steve Jobs, the dynamics of American business and the economy would be much different, in a positive way.
Consider that Jobs co-founded Apply in 1976, when many of us were kids with no inkling that a Mac or iPod was even a possibility. In the mid 1980's, Jobs was pushed out of the very company he founded and moved on to start NeXT, a manufacturer of computer workstations for the education market.
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