Let us not forget however that Apple didn’t start with the MacIntosh — and further that it was founded by three people. Without the Apple-I, the company would have not had money to continue to where it is today. The company then had a different spirit that the most tried and true revisionist cannot change.

To have passion is an admirable thing, but can be dangerous when it falls out of balance. There is a small subtitle on my nameplate outside my cubicle that reads “De studio perfectionis immitem”, which was a spin on the Lexus slogan. Translated: “The Ruthless pursuit of Perfection”. It was a joke on myself — that became a warning.

Today something that the younger generation doesn’t seem to grasp is that the business world is made of people. Passions — and ego’s must be kept in check. This was one of the smaller demons that Steve Jobs admitted he had and fought with. To take his life as an example — should also include the lessons learned. One must first be rooted and then reach to new directions–because without this one is drifting.

At the end of the day one must remember the last lesson Steve Jobs learned “Memento mori”–Which is that we will eventually pass from this world. Success as an individual isn’t necessarily going to be judged how how many products produced–but rather how we lived and worked with other. For any spiritual person or indeed believer — this must really take first place.