Make Something Wonderful
by Steve Jobs
Jobs in his own words: speeches, interviews, emails and notes, curated by the Steve Jobs Archive. Intimate and inspiring.
Read it if…
you want Jobs unfiltered by biographers.
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Skip it if…
you want narrative; see Isaacson.
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Three things you will actually use
- Make something wonderful and put it out there.
- Taste matters.
- Stay hungry.
Do this first
Read the 2005 Stanford speech again, then the early letters.
Our verdict
Jobs, in his own words.
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