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What I think is particularly interesting here is the fact that Buffett and Jobs are probably the two most prominent CEOs in America (with cultish followings) an
by jakarta 17y ago
What I think is particularly interesting here is the fact that Buffett and Jobs are probably the two most prominent CEOs in America (with cultish followings) and employ styles that are almost directly opposite of each other.
Buffett cultivates an image that portrays him as being very open and easy to communicate with. He meets with students, his annual meeting prominently features himself interacting with the public (Q&As, so forth).
Jobs has always seemed like the opposite of that to me. Much more guarded and private. I don't think that either style is better than the other, but it's definitely interesting to see how they do their jobs.
- vaksel 17y agothe important thing is to do your own thing. Trying to adapt to how others do things won't help that much, because no matter how successful a person is, there are a ton of examples of people being just as successful doing completely opposite things.
- jakarta 17y agoI agree, but it also helps to study others and learn from their decisions and mistakes. Buffett for instance, spent a good deal of his youth reading books about famous executives: Rockefeller, Carnegie, Vanderbilt, and so on.
- Retric 17y agoThere is a large gap between learning from someone and just copying them. The problem with simply copying successful people is they would probably have acted differently in your situation because you're faced with different problems.