"[[Steve Jobs]] was famous for what observers called his “**reality distortion field**.” Part motivational tactic, part sheer drive and ambition, this field made him notoriously dismissive of phrases such as “It can’t be done” or “We need more time.” **Having learned early in life that reality was falsely hemmed in by rules and compromises that people had been taught as children, [[Jobs]] had a much more aggressive idea of what was or wasn’t possible**. To him, when you factored in vision and work ethic, much of life was malleable. ([Location 709](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B00IX49OS4&location=709)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[Apple]], [[bias-to-action]], [[consistency]], [[leadership]], [[vision-statements]], [[story-bias]] **Source** -- [[202409180132 - B - The Obstacle is the Way]]