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  "content_html": "\u003ch1\u003eYou are not Steve Jobs (and that is okay)\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cfigure\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https://dylanfitzgerald.net/ox-hugo/daltoris_A_collection_of_six_Steve_Jobs_impersonators_all_wea_183087dc-8036-422a-aa58-fab947577b5b_0.jpeg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Six Steve Jobs impersonators, all wearing black turtlenecks\" width=\"50%\"\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd reading books about how Steve Jobs thought and worked and acted will never change that.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow many books about Steve Jobs do you think \u003cem\u003eSteve Jobs\u003c/em\u003e read in his life?\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(In fairness, the number might not be zero. Egos are real, and his was perhaps larger than most. But the number might, in fact, be zero.)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd that you are not Steve Jobs \u003cem\u003eis a good thing\u003c/em\u003e. Steve Jobs was brilliant, inspiring, and successful\u0026ndash;and also combative, stubborn, long in denial of his own daughter, famed for a mercurial style that burned sane people out, and perpetually dissatisfied. Most of us, on balance, would not be happy in that life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou are not, and won\u0026rsquo;t be, Elon, or Altman, or Cook, or Zuck, or Larry, or Gates.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSubstitute virtually any man\u003csup id=\"fnref:1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://dylanfitzgerald.net/blog/you-are-not-steve-jobs/#fn:1\" class=\"footnote-ref\" role=\"doc-noteref\"\u003e1\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/sup\u003e so successful in building their personal wealth through business that they\u0026rsquo;ve become pop-famous. Even the most public relations-shielded among that cadre appear perpetually dissatisfied with what life has given them.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere\u0026rsquo;s value to be had in examining the strategies used by folks that\u0026rsquo;ve built sustainable systems and businesses. But don\u0026rsquo;t get lost trying to become more like somebody that you\u0026rsquo;re not\u0026ndash;especially when that somebody can never be happy with their life.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou risk succeeding.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"footnotes\" role=\"doc-endnotes\"\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli id=\"fn:1\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e: It does seem easier to generalize men in this position. I\u0026rsquo;m more willing to believe that Oprah or Martha Stewart, for example, is satisfied with her life\u0026ndash;but I could well be wrong here, too.\u0026#160;\u003ca href=\"https://dylanfitzgerald.net/blog/you-are-not-steve-jobs/#fnref:1\" class=\"footnote-backref\" role=\"doc-backlink\"\u003e\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ol\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n",
  "content_md": "# You are not Steve Jobs (and that is okay)\n\n{{\u003c figure src=\"/ox-hugo/daltoris_A_collection_of_six_Steve_Jobs_impersonators_all_wea_183087dc-8036-422a-aa58-fab947577b5b_0.jpeg\" alt=\"Six Steve Jobs impersonators, all wearing black turtlenecks\" width=\"50%\" \u003e}}\n\nAnd reading books about how Steve Jobs thought and worked and acted will never change that.\n\nHow many books about Steve Jobs do you think _Steve Jobs_ read in his life?\n\n(In fairness, the number might not be zero. Egos are real, and his was perhaps larger than most. But the number might, in fact, be zero.)\n\nAnd that you are not Steve Jobs _is a good thing_. Steve Jobs was brilliant, inspiring, and successful--and also combative, stubborn, long in denial of his own daughter, famed for a mercurial style that burned sane people out, and perpetually dissatisfied. Most of us, on balance, would not be happy in that life.\n\nYou are not, and won't be, Elon, or Altman, or Cook, or Zuck, or Larry, or Gates.\n\nSubstitute virtually any man[^fn:1] so successful in building their personal wealth through business that they've become pop-famous. Even the most public relations-shielded among that cadre appear perpetually dissatisfied with what life has given them.\n\nThere's value to be had in examining the strategies used by folks that've built sustainable systems and businesses. But don't get lost trying to become more like somebody that you're not--especially when that somebody can never be happy with their life.\n\nYou risk succeeding.\n\n[^fn:1]: : It does seem easier to generalize men in this position. I'm more willing to believe that Oprah or Martha Stewart, for example, is satisfied with her life--but I could well be wrong here, too.",
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