Was He Smart? No, Not Exceptionally. Instead,

He Had The Attitude That He Could Do Anything, And Therefore So Can You. He Put His Life In My Hands. So That Made Me Do Something I Didn't Think I Could Do.... If You Trust Him, You Can Do Things. If He's Decided That Something Should Happen, Then He's Just Going To Make It Happen. (elizabeth Holmes)

More Generally, I Made An Effort To Leave Out Things That Weren't Relevant To The Main Narrative Themes Of The Book, Namely That There Were Two Sides To Steve Jobs: The Romantic, Poetic, Countercultural Rebel On One Side, And The Serious Businessperson On The Other.

And If You Don't Have Your Ears Open, You're Not Going To Be Able To Figure Out What You Should Be Doing.

...never Let A Passion For The Perfect Take Precedence Over Pragmatism.

Leonardo Da Vinci Was Lucky To Be Born The Same Year That Johannes Gutenberg Opened His Printing Shop. As A Young Person, He Could Get Information About Whatever Struck His Curiosity. The Internet Is To Our Age What Gutenberg's Press Was To His, So He Would Have Loved Being Alive Today.