Another Lesson From Steve Jobs: A Driving Vision Has 4 Key Elements

There is very little argument that Steve Jobs was one of the most inspiring and motivational business leaders of our times. His untimely passing last year has left a void that may never be filled.

A visionary has passion, but vision and passion aren’t the same thing. A passionate leader without a clear vision won’t succeed; likewise, neither will a visionary leader without passion.

However, bookshelves everywhere are being filled with volumes on if, how, why and what Steve would have done had he been around today.

Vision and passion go together. A leader who has a good vision and is passionate about it will get further with subordinates.

FastCoDesign has an excerpt from What Would Steve Jobs Do?: How the Steve Jobs Way Can Inspire Anyone to Think Differently and Win by Peter Sander.

More often than not, a vision is a synthesis of ideas or products or technologies around a specific customer need or idea.

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Founder & CEO of Cygnus Communications, Nitin spent over 10 years marketing video games in the Middle East working with world renowned video games publishers such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, SEGA, Square-Enix Eidos, Take 2, Ubisoft and Warner Bros. Living in Dubai, UAE, apart from running Cygnus, he spends time with his family and is an avid technology and motoring buff as well as a keen social media enthusiast.

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