The combination of me just about finishing up the Steve Jobs biography by Walter Isaacson, and taking the 5 minutes to read his sister's eulogy to him proved a little much. What she said about her full blood brother was just beautiful. Really touched me. I urge you to make the read.

A Sister's Eulogy For Steve Jobs

Steve worked at what he loved. He worked really hard. Every day. 


That’s incredibly simple, but true. 


He was the opposite of absent-minded. 


He was never embarrassed about working hard, even if the results were failures. 


Novelty was not Steve’s highest value. Beauty was. 


For an innovator, Steve was remarkably loyal. If he loved a shirt, he’d order 10 or 100 of them.  


He didn’t favor trends or gimmicks. He liked people his own age. 


His philosophy of aesthetics reminds me of a quote that went something like this: “Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.” 


Steve always aspired to make beautiful later. 


He was willing to be misunderstood.