Yeah I definitely think that similar results can be achieved by taking almost an opposite approach to Jobs. Jobs was really passionate about what they were doing at Apple, but I think he could've instilled passion in his employees in a much different way than constantly badgering them and screaming at them. Someone like Gary Vaynerchuk deploys this approach and I think it works really well for him and his company, Vaynermedia.
Well, Steve might have taken it to the extreme but personally I don't like people who are extremely nice and at the end of the day nothing is achieved. My friends knows am blunt when I have to be. I remember a case last month when a guy messaged me on Whatsapp complaining how he's not doing well on Steemit and that he's tired of the whole stress. After going through his blog, I told him to sell all his stakes and walk out of Steemit because he doesn't have what it takes to be successful on Steemit.
The guy got angry and said I was impolite. A month later he's doing much better than me. Why? Because he works extremely hard just to prove me wrong. But what he doesn't know is that, that's actually what I aimed to achieve from the beginning.
I definitely see where you're coming from @lordjames, if a leader is not willing to be blunt when necessary in order to get his/her point across, then it can definitely be problematic for everyone involved. You did a great thing with this friend on Whatsapp, I'm sure he credits a great deal of his success to you (whether he openly admits it or not).
An enlightened despot is a non-democratic or authoritarian leader who exercises their political power for the benefit of the people, rather than exclusively for themselves or elites.
Yeah I definitely think that similar results can be achieved by taking almost an opposite approach to Jobs. Jobs was really passionate about what they were doing at Apple, but I think he could've instilled passion in his employees in a much different way than constantly badgering them and screaming at them. Someone like Gary Vaynerchuk deploys this approach and I think it works really well for him and his company, Vaynermedia.
Here Here! I agree 100%!
Well, Steve might have taken it to the extreme but personally I don't like people who are extremely nice and at the end of the day nothing is achieved. My friends knows am blunt when I have to be. I remember a case last month when a guy messaged me on Whatsapp complaining how he's not doing well on Steemit and that he's tired of the whole stress. After going through his blog, I told him to sell all his stakes and walk out of Steemit because he doesn't have what it takes to be successful on Steemit.
The guy got angry and said I was impolite. A month later he's doing much better than me. Why? Because he works extremely hard just to prove me wrong. But what he doesn't know is that, that's actually what I aimed to achieve from the beginning.
I definitely see where you're coming from @lordjames, if a leader is not willing to be blunt when necessary in order to get his/her point across, then it can definitely be problematic for everyone involved. You did a great thing with this friend on Whatsapp, I'm sure he credits a great deal of his success to you (whether he openly admits it or not).
You are a magnanimous friend.
An enlightened despot is a non-democratic or authoritarian leader who exercises their political power for the benefit of the people, rather than exclusively for themselves or elites.