Steve Jobs By Walter Isaacson is an autobiography of the legendary Apple Inc. founder. This book reveals how Steve Jobs was not a nice guy, but he definitely was a brilliant one.

After dropping out of Reed College, Steve Jobs’s life took a very enlightened turn, as he experimented with Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), became a devout Buddhist, and didn’t take showers.

With his high school friend, Steve Wozniak, Jobs created the Apple Computer Company in 1976. Despite success with computers such as the Macintosh, Jobs soon lost his job at Apple after attempting a boardroom coup to oust the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) John Sculley.

After leaving Apple, Jobs then created the company NeXT Computer, which received mixed reviews by the general public; as it created great computers, but cost way too much.

During this period in his life, Jobs’s “reality distortion field,” was first noted by his colleagues.  Essentially, Jobs expected too much from people, gave too little in return for their hard work, and disassociated himself from the actual facts.

However, in 1996, NeXT was bought by Apple for $427 million.

Does this move signify Job’s return as CEO to the company he founded? One must read Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson to find out.

I was enthralled by this book as Steve Jobs has always been one of those iconic figures to me, the equivalent of a modern-day George Washington. He’s one of those people credited with revolutionizing the world, and ushering in a new age of technology that the world had never seen.

However, what makes this book so good is that it isn’t biased, as it also exposes Steve Jobs’s many shortcomings. He’s portrayed as a bad father, husband, and at times, just an overall bad person.

People may not like this book if they like action, adventure, romance, or comedy, as this book is a very personal, factual, and educational 571 page read.

This book shows how in order to change the world, one has to willing to think a way no one else does.