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The Rise and Fall of Steve Jobs’s Greatest Rival

Adam Osborne was the master of momentum—until it all came crashing down

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@dou.alexander over 1 year ago

What an incredible story. I'm currently really fascinated by this idea of Superpowers and Shadows: how weaknesses are often the other side of the coin of a strength. And to wish the "fixing" of a weakness is equivalent to muting the superpower

For Osborne, perhaps the advice for governance and proper accounting felt like a rejection of his desire for more Waves—a surfer doesn't need to count the number of waves he or she catches in a day

I also do really love the ending. It's funny how we often come back home after a long time of striving like salmon swimming upstream. I'm _obviously_ projecting a ton here, but it sounds like he passed away more "complete". As in when he got sent away from the Ashram originally, he maybe rejected all of the trappings because he felt like it (well, his parents) rejected him. But in returning again, 50 years later after ascending to the top of industry and coming back down, he got to rediscover and "complete" that part of him

Anyway! Thanks for writing this. Looking forward to the next :)

@vidshankar001 over 1 year ago

Just incredible at so many levels! the India influence of Osborne and Jobs with differing results! and the idea of success at the end of their lives, on reflection, leaves one thinking, wondering and mildly amused at life itself!

@Liferules over 1 year ago

Great article! Lots of learning lessons there--and a personal story to tie them together. I heard once that true visionaries, and those who create companies are not often well suited to RUN those companies. Seems like the situation here.

@heatmiser75 over 1 year ago

Great article!! extremely insightful but I just don’t understand why the iPhone hasn’t fallen victim to “the Osborne effect”?

Ian Silvester 4 months ago

@heatmiser75 I think because the model is different these days. Everyone knows there's going to be a newer, better one within a couple of years, but they get a new phone because they need one now and aren't prepared to wait.