CHAPTER 5VISION
When Steve believes in something, the power of that vision can literally sweep aside any objections or problems. They just cease to exist.
—Trip Hawkins, former Apple VPStrategy & Marketing
From the stage at Macworld 2007, on January 7, 2008, dressed in his trademark black turtleneck, faded jeans, and a pair of white sneakers, Steve Jobs, as he usually did, captured the day:
This is a day I’ve been looking forward to for 2½ years. Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along and changes everything (and, first of all, one’s very fortunate if you get to work on ONE of these in your career). Apple is very fortunate. It has been able to introduce a few of these into the world. In 1984, we introduced the Macintosh. ...
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