5. 重建Rebuild（1）

5.重建Rebuild

乔布斯和NeXT创办者的合影，1986年SteveJobswithfoundersofNeXT,1986

1997年史蒂夫-乔布斯和妻子劳伦-鲍威尔在自家后院SteveJobsandhiswifeLaurenePowell,takenintheirownbackyard,1997

It’srarethatyouseeanartistinhis30sor40sabletoreallycontributesomethingamazing.Ofcourse,therearesomepeoplewhoareinnatelycurious,foreverlittlekidsintheiraweoflife,butthey’rerare.

I'mtheonlypersonIknowthat'slostaquarterofabilliondollarsinoneyear…It'sverycharacter-building.

Duringthenextfiveyears,IstartedacompanynamedNeXT,anothercompanynamedPixar,andfellinlovewithanamazingwomanwhowouldbecomemywife.

Iwasintheparkinglot,withthekeyinthecar,andIthoughttomyself:Ifthisismylastnightonearth,wouldIratherspenditatabusinessmeetingorwiththiswoman?Iranacrosstheparkinglot,askedherifshe’dhavedinnerwithme.Shesaidyes,wewalkedintotown,andwe’vebeentogethereversince.Inmostpeople'svocabularies,designmeansveneer.It'sinteriordecorating.It'sthefabricofthecurtainsofthesofa.Buttome,nothingcouldbefurtherfromthemeaningofdesign.Designisthefundamentalsoulofahuman-madecreationthatendsupexpressingitselfinsuccessiveouterlayersoftheproductorservice.Playboy,1985AppleConfidential2.0StanfordCommencementSpeech,June2005NewYorkTimesMagazine,January12,1997Playboy,1987

你很少能见到有艺术家在三、四十岁时还能够创造一些真正令人惊讶的作品。当然，有人天生就有好奇心，一辈子都像小孩一样，但这种人很少。

我是我所知道的唯一一个在一年中失去2.5亿美元的人……这对我的成长很有帮助。

在接下来的五年里,我创立了一个名叫NeXT的公司,还有一个叫Pixar的公司,然后和一个后来成为我妻子的优雅女人相识。

（谈到和妻子劳伦的相遇）我把车钥匙锁在了车里，在停车场待了很久，我对自己说，如果这是我活在人世的最后一晚，我应该如何度过？-开会？还是和这个女人一起度过？于是我跑出停车场，问#小说她说是不是愿意和我一起吃个饭，她说好啊，之后我们一起走路去了城里，相伴直到现在。