美國有線電視新聞網(wǎng)財經(jīng)頻道招募前百事總裁約翰•斯卡利《史蒂夫•喬布斯傳》,沃爾特•艾薩克森著,2011年《花花公子》雜志,1985年2月1日
WhatruinedApplewasvalues,JohnSculleyruinedAppleandheruineditbybringingasetofvaluestothetopofApplewhichwerecorruptandcorruptedsomeofthetoppeoplewhowerethere,droveoutsomeoftheoneswhowerenotcorruptible,andbroughtinmorecorruptonesandpaidthemselvescollectivelytensofmillionsofdollarsandcaredmoreabouttheirowngloryandwealththantheydidaboutwhatbuiltAppleinthefirstplace-whichwasmakinggreatcomputersforpeopletouse.
There’sanoldHindusayingthatgoes,“Inthefirst30yearsofyourlife,youmakeyourhabits.Forthelast30yearsofyourlife,yourhabitsmakeyou.”Comehelpmecelebratemine.
Themoretheoutsideworldtriestoreinforceanimageofyou,theharderitistocontinuetobeanartist,whichiswhyalotoftimes,artistshavetosay,“Bye.Ihavetogo.I’mgoingcrazyandI’mgettingoutofhere.”Andtheygoandhibernatesomewhere.Maybelatertheyre-emergealittledifferently.
Ithinkyoureallylostyourstride,Youwerereallygreatthefirstyear,andeverythingwentwonderful.Butsomethinghappened.
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毀掉蘋果的是價值觀,約翰•斯卡利毀了蘋果,他引進了的價值觀影響了蘋果高層的分子,不肯同流合污的人都被趕走,然后引進更多的家伙。蘋果付給這些人數(shù)千萬美元,但這些人只關(guān)心自己的財富和榮耀,而忽視了蘋果的基礎(chǔ)--給人們制造出偉大的電腦用。
有句古老的印度諺語是這樣說的,“在人生的頭30年里,你養(yǎng)成習(xí)慣;在后30年,習(xí)慣塑造你。”
過來跟我慶祝我的30歲吧。