Steve Jobs
An Apple employee tells a story about Steve Jobs:
"I worked at NeXT the summer of 94. I was in the break room with 2 colleagues when Jobs walked in and started making a bagel. We were sitting at a table eating ours when he out of the blue asked us, 'Who is the most powerful person in the world?' I said Mandela since I had just been there as an international observer for the elections. In his confident fashion he stated 'No! You are all wrong. The most powerful person in the world is the story teller.'"
Steve continued:
"The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come and Disney has a monopoly on the storyteller business. You know what? I am tired of that bullshit, I am going to be the next storyteller."
Jobs walked out with his bagel.
"I worked at NeXT the summer of 94. I was in the break room with 2 colleagues when Jobs walked in and started making a bagel. We were sitting at a table eating ours when he out of the blue asked us, 'Who is the most powerful person in the world?' I said Mandela since I had just been there as an international observer for the elections. In his confident fashion he stated 'No! You are all wrong. The most powerful person in the world is the story teller.'"
Steve continued:
"The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come and Disney has a monopoly on the storyteller business. You know what? I am tired of that bullshit, I am going to be the next storyteller."
Jobs walked out with his bagel.