Reality Distortion Field

I started reading for pleasure again. I hadn't read a book to entertain myself for about a year and a half. That's much too long.being a fan of Apple products it was inevitable that I would get around to reading The biography of Steve Jobs.

This isn't a book review.

There is no doubt the guy was a little crazy but he had a mission to make great products. He wanted them to look great, work great, and feel great. I think he succeeded most of the time. There can always be enhancements and as new technologies become affordable we will see more improvements but overall I think he did well in that regard.

Steve Jobs was a bit of a dreamer. He wouldn't have been successful if he didn't have Steve Wozniak by his side to make the dreams tangible. It was important that he had a very talented tech guy to make it happen in the beginning. Jobs could dream it up and figure out how to sell it. He demanded that it was built right and looked great. Woz figured out how to make it work. He was ahead of his time and could develop new products. Woz wasn't always there and wasn't a top level player very much but he helped. Ate the first product that launched it all, changed the world, and started the cash flow. Every great idea man needs a Woz to get him going.

I don't want to be Steve Jobs. He was brilliant and could get more out of people than they ever realized was possible. He could design products that people didn't know they needed. If he was going to do something he was going to do it right. These are all admirable but he was a bit of a tyrant, he would berate people and lacked basic social skills. That part I'm not so impressed with.

A big part of his magic was his reality distortion field. He could just make you believe the world was as he wanted it to be.

I don't think the Steve Jobs model will produce very many successful CEOs but I think it does prove that if you believe in yourself, are true to what you believe in and don't try to fit someone else's mold, you will be great in the world and a happy person.

How Do I Change The World

Today I went and saw the new movie "The Social Network." this is the movie that tries to explain how Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook.

I'm not writing a movie review here, it's just how I got on this train of thought. The movie tries to show how mr Zuckerberg saw all the gaps that needed to be filled in a student's existence. It tried to show how he saw and filled these gaps. It didn't always paint him in the best light but it did show how he sees the world around him. I think.

Facebook has changed the world around us. It has produced a platform for us to share the information we want to share. It has made it easier to remain in contact if we want to. It is everywhere if we want it to be. A lot of people want Facebook to be a part of their existence.

So this has me thinking.

What's next?

What will change us forever? What will show up and be so good that we will have to use it? And most importantly, how do I figure this out and create it?

I feel like I can create something big. I have no idea what that is. I have no idea what I can change that will shake us to the foundation. If I knew it I would do it.

The opportunities to be great are out there. The chance to change the world exists. I just need to see it.