Reality Distortion

       Steve Jobs was a masterful manipulator, he was a genius in assessing a person's character, his strengths, weaknesses fears and dreams and he then was able to cajole, bully, coax,steal and even evangelise his co-workers to produce a computer based on what his exacting standards were, he chopped and changed, stole people's ideas and made it his own, pushed, fought, bullied, screamed, was screamed at and changed specifications ever so often. He asked for the impossible  many times, and his colleagues were transfigurated into some sleepless, mindnumbing work zombies creating the best and newest product which would change the world, the Macintosh.

        Once the final product was done after countless battles within the organisation, and revamps, thousands of rewrites, challenges, arguments, people leaving over personality clashes and almost 4 years of development ,the MacIntosh was born in 1984. He got the entire 43 technicians,, software engineers and engineers to sign a template for the creation of an an art piece. All of them hewere so moved they admitted that during the signing ceremony, they had indeed created something for the good of humanity.

       Jobs was so good at hypnotising or motivating the team, that most people achieved the impossible tasks with superhuman effort. Those who saw through the act called it his ability to 'distort reality' or the 'distortion reality phase'.  I  believe that at each new Computer Show in Palo Alto with each new Apple product launch, he uses the same techniques to mass hypnotise his audience through the sheer aura of his presentation.

      Such is the power of  his Reality Distortion.

      

One Republic - Something I need

I want 50,000 views

     50,000 views is my target to achieve by next month. Prove me right.

Prepare for Success

      


       Many people in life, are not prepared for success. So when presented with a successful opportunity, they ponder and wonder what if so many things may go wrong. Lets take a positive approach to life and focus on all the good things that have happened to you (or I) in the past, and be happy. In balance, view your life in whatever lens you want and you will be surprised that the emotion is based on how one view's life. 

Life's true reward is the journey. Make the most of it and Seize the Day. 

Lets Reel them In !!

          As the good fisherman knows, there is time to cast out his nets, and there is time to bring them back in, laden with the catch of the day. We have been preparing for this moment for the last 2 years, patiently building up our fleet, sizing down the unnecessary vessels, or extra fishemen, adding new equipment where needed and waiting, biding our time.

         Will this be the time for us ? All the signs point to something good. Now I am praying for the right verdict.   

          We will overcome all obstacles, as before and victory will be ours to savour !! 

          I can feel it.    

How Apple Computer got its Name

                               

        Currently I am reading this firework of a book, based on the late Steve Jobs' life. He was an adopted child of hard working American German migrants who lived in Pittsburgh. His father was Palestinian and mother Irish American, but their family objected vehemently to the union.

        I was amused and fascinated how he decided on the name Apple Computer, it is an Oxymoron type of name as apple is related obliquely to rural country America (American Apple Pie) and Computer (in the 70s) is related to high technology.

        It stemmed from the fact that Steve in his late teens was fascinated with Eastern (Zen Buddhism) religiousity and was making trips to India to seek his meaning in life, as well as find a guru. After a 9 month soul seeking trip, he came back, dressed in saffron clothes, like an Indian holy man, as well as did not bathe often, and had straggly unkempt hair, just like a hippe child from the 70s.

      He was perpetually trying out vegan diets and the one which stuck on him was a fruitarian diet consisting mainly of apples. So when the time came for him and his partner Steve Wozniack to choose a name, he decided on Apple Computer.

      Funny how things turned out so fabulously for the company.   

Be Prepared

                                                 

         We all have expectations about when we will 'get there' or 'arrive'. To many people, who work in normal jobs, they may not want to think about the inevitable or when the time comes to retire and take things easy, it may be rudely thrust in their faces.

         So, I would advocate this, from the scouting philosophy of Lord Baden Powell. The founder of the Scout Movement  ;  " Be Prepared".

         For any contingency good or bad, one must have a game plan for moving Up and On.