A Man of Many "Wowies"

In Walter Isaakson’s biography of Steve Jobs he writes of what he wanted from a prospective employee.

“Job’s primary test for recruiting people in the spring of 1981 to be part of his merry band of pirates was making sure they had a passion for the product. He would sometimes bring candidates into a room where a prototype of the Mac was covered by a cloth, dramatically unveil it, and watch. If their eyes lit up, if they went right for the mouse and started and clicking, Steve would smile and hire them.  Recalled Andrea Cunninghm. “He wanted them to say Wow!”

I quote this passage to show that when a someone says “Wow”, the person is amazed and awed by what he sees. It was a term Steve job used in everyday life. It’s the WOW factor.

In a eulogy at Steve Jobs’s funeral, Mona Simpson, Job’s biological sister, talked about Steve’s last minutes on Earth.

“Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for long time at his children, then his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.

Steve’s final words were:

“OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW”.

Did, Steve Jobs, a true visionary and world changer once again show us the future we might expect in our life after life. Heaven must truly be a WOW, awesome and powerful.

Steve Jobs will help God change the world.

Sam

Note: Not sure where I stole this, but thanks