His father Francis worked at an electronics company, Electronic Data Systems in Los Angeles, at the time, and would sometimes take him to work, where he could play with various electronic parts. To be passionate about computers meant to be passionate first and foremost about electronics – and Steve grew up in the exact right environment for that.
Back then, a single computer would fill an entire room, cost millions of dollars and in general wasn’t available to the public. When Stephen Gary Wozniak was born (1950), computers already existed, but not nearly the way you know them today. If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: Your home shapes who you are – more than you think. Ready to illuminate your life by letting your own light shine? Then let’s learn 3 magical lessons from the Wizard of “Woz!”
Stay true to your own values, no matter what the consequences are.When the outside world can’t teach you what you want to know, teach yourself.How and where you grow up matters a lot more than you might think.There sure is more than one thing to learn from iWoz, here are my favorite 3: Above all, he wants to be happy, and having found that means more to him than all the business success in the world. I’m sure that’s true, but what’s more important is that it doesn’t matter, because Woz has never been all that interested in it. Some might think this has put him at a disadvantage in business, and that he’s missed out on a lot of money because of it. Woz has always been the good soul at Apple, the guy who just wants to do work he loves, help his friends and have fun. Think about that for a second and you’ll realize it’s impossible to overestimate the service he’s done mankind. Whatever thing you’re reading these words on right now, whether it’s a desktop computer, a laptop, a tablet or a smartphone, only exists because of Woz’s work and inventions. Nicknamed Woz, he’s the world’s number one icon of engineering and the epitome of the computer age. Steve Wozniak doesn’t need an introduction. Listen to the audio of this summary with a free reading.fm account:
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