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Leadership as an art
Eisenhower put leadership as the art of getting people to want to do what must be done. It is an art form, and everyone is a different kind of artist: some paint, some sculpt, some are good at getting the right people around the table, and some at asking the right question. You learn from others without copying them.
The superintendent's choice
A superintendent took over a district where a whole bunch of kids from earlier years had not graduated. He looked at it and decided it was wrong and somebody had to do something. He took responsibility for the kids from before his time, committed to find them, create a program to bring them back, and make sure they got their high school degrees. Then he walked into a building in town and asked for the use of an extra floor.
The same start elsewhere
The same start shows up elsewhere: those kids didn't get their education, someone's got to do something, or this product has incredible potential, someone's got to do something. Making a computer for yourself and wanting to bring it to a whole bunch of other people begins with that same thought.
Why do people hold back in a group?
In a 1968 experiment, the psychologists John Darley and Bibb Latané had students hear what sounded like another participant having a seizure over an intercom. When a student believed they were the only listener, 85 percent reported it within the first minute. When students believed four others were also listening, only 31 percent did. The researchers named the pattern diffusion of responsibility.
How did Apple get started?
Steve Wozniak designed the Apple I and showed it at the Homebrew Computer Club in Silicon Valley, a group of hobbyists. Steve Jobs persuaded him to sell the circuit boards, and Apple was founded in April 1976. About 200 Apple I computers were built and sold.