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Steve Jobs reflects on his biggest weakness

Name: Steve Jobs reflects on his biggest weakness
Uploaded: 2025-03-26T16:00:27+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Lorenzo
Description: Short excerpt from a YouTube interview in which Steve Jobs warns against arrogance as a danger that accompanies success, confirms he experienced it, and…

26 Mar 2025 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from a YouTube interview in which Steve Jobs warns against arrogance as a danger that accompanies success, confirms he experienced it, and recounts being fired from Apple at age 30 and invited to return 12 years later (around age 42). He frames the firing as painful but ultimately beneficial (it enabled Pixar and personal growth).

Questions this video answers

12 years

About 42

And what's your biggest weakness?
You know, I think all of us, all of us need to be on guard against arrogance, which. Which knocks at the door whenever you're successful.
Have you lived through that?
Oh, sure. Oh, sure.
Now, by that, correct me if I'm wrong, you had an incredible high with the initial success of Apple. And then other competitors get in. It's sobering.
Well, as you you may know, I was basically fired from Apple when I was 30 and was invited to come back 12 years later. So that was difficult when it happened, but maybe the best thing that ever happened to me. There wouldn't be a Pixar if that hadn't happened. And so, you know, you just, you move on. Life goes on and you learn from it.
We're at the end here. But you were fired from Apple when you were 30, asked to come back when you were, what, 42. Did you think at that moment how sweet it is?
No, I thought at that moment what a, you know, what a circle of life. You know, life is just always mysterious and surprising and you never know what's around the next corner, so.