Characteristics Of Steve Jobs

He was a demanding perfectionist. A highly-critical control freak. An egomaniac. A self-promoting narcissist. But ultimately, an aggressive entrepreneur, marketer, innovator, and pioneer of computing revolution – Jobs was indeed, as portrayed in the film, a walking paradox. It was, at best, an odd mixture of personality traits that slowly found its way onto his work. He was the sort of perfectionist who directs his need for perfection outward onto others from a grandiose, hyper-critical perspective. These transcendent characteristics were deeply rooted in Jobs’ countercultural roots, as he was exposed to a different culture and religion.
Thrown into the world of Steve Jobs and getting a glimpse of his youth, we found that there was seemingly no connection between his early exploits (e.g., his visit to India with his friend Daniel Kottke, appreciation for Zen Buddhism, and experimentation with LSD) and later success in business. His dropping out of school further reinforced that he would not amount to much. But as it turned out, Jobs proved that formal education comes at the cost of experience. Had he continued pursuing higher education, he would not be the Steve Jobs as we know him today. And perhaps, we wouldn’t know him at all. The point is, he trusted his intuition. He never let society dictate what he should be. He strongly felt that life experiences were critical to his development as an individual. He took the plunge and trusted his gut feeling by dropping out of