5. 重建Rebuild(1)
5.重建Rebuild
喬布斯和NeXT創辦者的合影,1986年SteveJobswithfoundersofNeXT,1986
1997年史蒂夫-喬布斯和妻子勞倫-鮑威爾在自家後院SteveJobsandhiswifeLaurenePowell,takenintheirownbackyard,1997
It』srarethatyouseeanartistinhis30sor40sabletoreallycontributesomethingamazing.Ofcourse,therearesomepeoplewhoareinnatelycurious,foreverlittlekidsintheiraweoflife,butthey』rerare.
I'mtheonlypersonIknowthat'slostaquarterofabilliondollarsinoneyear…It'sverycharacter-building.
Duringthenextfiveyears,IstartedacompanynamedNeXT,anothercompanynamedPixar,andfellinlovewithanamazingwomanwhowouldbecomemywife.
Iwasintheparkinglot,withthekeyinthecar,andIthoughttomyself:Ifthisismylastnightonearth,wouldIratherspenditatabusinessmeetingorwiththiswoman?Iranacrosstheparkinglot,askedherifshe』dhavedinnerwithme.Shesaidyes,wewalkedintotown,andwe』vebeentogethereversince.Inmostpeople'svocabularies,designmeansveneer.It'sinteriordecorating.It'sthefabricofthecurtainsofthesofa.Buttome,nothingcouldbefurtherfromthemeaningofdesign.Designisthefundamentalsoulofahuman-madecreationthatendsupexpressingitselfinsuccessiveouterlayersoftheproductorservice.Playboy,1985AppleConfidential2.0StanfordCommencementSpeech,June2005NewYorkTimesMagazine,January12,1997Playboy,1987
你很少能見到有藝術家在三、四十歲時還能夠創造一些真正令人驚訝的作品。當然,有人天生就有好奇心,一輩子都像小孩一樣,但這種人很少。
我是我所知道的唯一一個在一年中失去2.5億美元的人……這對我的成長很有幫助。
在接下來的五年裡,我創立了一個名叫NeXT的公司,還有一個叫Pixar的公司,然後和一個後來成為我妻子的優雅女人相識。
(談到和妻子勞倫的相遇)我把車鑰匙鎖在了車裡,在停車場待了很久,我對自己說,如果這是我活在人世的最後一晚,我應該如何度過?-開會?還是和這個女人一起度過?於是我跑出停車場,問#小說她說是不是願意和我一起吃個飯,她說好啊,之後我們一起走路去了城裡,相伴直到現在。