A man of understanding finds less difficulty in submitting to a wrong-headed fellow, than in attempting to set him right.
I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.
If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.
You cannot mandate productivity, you must provide the tools to let people become their best.
Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country. . . . I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this. . . . It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating. None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life. But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.
I mean, some people say, 'Oh, God, if [Jobs] got run over by a bus, Apple would be in trouble. ' And, you know, I think it wouldn't be a party, but there are really capable people at Apple. My job is to make the whole executive team good enough to be successors, so that's what I try to do.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. . . It is the picture you have of yourself - the kind of person you want to be or the kind of life you want to lead.
To lead people, walk behind them.
I throw my curveball like Clayton Kershaw and my fastball like Mo'ne Davis.
As all my friends said, 'Linda, enjoy this time. ' It wasn't enjoyable the first time because they're were too many questions. But I think I've lived a solid life. You can look at who I've been, good, bad or indifferent.