Book Review: Steve Jobs Biography

I recently read Steve Jobs' Biography by Walter Isaacson.  Since I have not followed his career, it was an eye opening view into his life.  The book is well researched and gives a well rounded look at this extraordinary man.

Steve ranged from tyrannical, dictatorial and mean to a man who was brilliant, visionary and brought ideas to fruition.  He had the uncanny ability to bring the right people together to get the job done.  It chronicled his early days with Steve Wozniak and the creation of Apple to his battle with pancreatic cancer in the end.

Throughout the book they talk about Steve's reality distortion field.  Bud Tribble at Apple coined this phrase, originally from Star Trek, in 1981 to describe him.  Steve had the ability to convince himself and others around him to believe almost anything.  Often, he created a seemingly impossible deadline for his employees to complete a project.  To their chagrin, the project often was completed on time. 

Although brilliant, he carried his own emotional baggage.  He was adopted at birth and upon realizing the implications of this a little later in life he had abandonment issues.  I highly recommend reading this book.  It was a fascinating biography into a fascinating man!