4. 紛爭Dispute(2)
美國有線電視新聞網財經頻道招募前百事總裁約翰-斯卡利《史蒂夫-喬布斯傳》,沃爾特-艾薩克森著,2011年《花花公子》雜誌,1985年2月1日
WhatruinedApplewasvalues,JohnSculleyruinedAppleandheruineditbybringingasetofvaluestothetopofApplewhichwerecorruptandcorruptedsomeofthetoppeoplewhowerethere,droveoutsomeoftheoneswhowerenotcorruptible,andbroughtinmorecorruptonesandpaidthemselvescollectivelytensofmillionsofdollarsandcaredmoreabouttheirowngloryandwealththantheydidaboutwhatbuiltAppleinthefirstplace-whichwasmakinggreatcomputersforpeopletouse.
There』sanoldHindusayingthatgoes,「Inthefirst30yearsofyourlife,youmakeyourhabits.Forthelast30yearsofyourlife,yourhabitsmakeyou.」Comehelpmecelebratemine.
Themoretheoutsideworldtriestoreinforceanimageofyou,theharderitistocontinuetobeanartist,whichiswhyalotoftimes,artistshavetosay,「Bye.Ihavetogo.I』mgoingcrazyandI』mgettingoutofhere.」Andtheygoandhibernatesomewhere.Maybelatertheyre-emergealittledifferently.
Ithinkyoureallylostyourstride,Youwerereallygreatthefirstyear,andeverythingwentwonderful.Butsomethinghappened.
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毀掉蘋果的是價值觀,約翰-斯卡利毀了蘋果,他引進了的價值觀影響了蘋果高層的分子,不肯同流合污的人都被趕走,然後引進更多的傢伙。蘋果付給這些人數千萬美元,但這些人只關心自己的財富和榮耀,而忽視了蘋果的基礎--給人們製造出偉大的電腦用。
有句古老的印度諺語是這樣說的,「在人生的頭30年裡,你養成習慣;在後30年,習慣塑造你。」
過來跟我慶祝我的30歲吧。