5.重建Rebuild

    喬布斯和NeXT創(chuàng)辦者的合影，1986年SteveJobswithfoundersofNeXT,1986

    1997年史蒂夫•喬布斯和妻子勞倫•鮑威爾在自家后院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(jiàn)到有藝術(shù)家在三、四十歲時(shí)還能夠創(chuàng)造一些真正令人驚訝的作品。當(dāng)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(gè)在一年中失去2.5億美元的人……這對(duì)我的成長(zhǎng)很有幫助。

    在接下來(lái)的五年里,我創(chuàng)立了一個(gè)名叫NeXT的公司,還有一個(gè)叫Pixar的公司,然后和一個(gè)后來(lái)成為我妻子的優(yōu)雅女人相識(shí)。

    （談到和妻子勞倫的相遇）我把車(chē)鑰匙鎖在了車(chē)?yán)?，在停?chē)場(chǎng)待了很久，我對(duì)自己說(shuō)，如果這是我活在人世的最后一晚，我應(yīng)該如何度過(guò)？-開(kāi)會(huì)？還是和這個(gè)女人一起度過(guò)？于是我跑出停車(chē)場(chǎng)，問(wèn)#小說(shuō)她說(shuō)是不是愿意和我一起吃個(gè)飯，她說(shuō)好啊，之后我們一起走路去了城里，相伴直到現(xiàn)在。