Early responses to cancerJobs’s obs

Early responses to cancerJobs’s obstinacy lasted for nine months after his October 2003 diagnosis. Part of it was the product of the dark side o his reality distortion field. “ I think Steve has such a strong desire for the world to be a certain way that he wills it to be that way,” Levinson speculated. “Sometimes it doesn’t work. Reality is unforgiving.” The flip side of his wondrous ability to focus was his fearsome willingness to filter out things he did not wish to deal with. This led to many of his great breakthrough, but it could also backfire. “He has that ability to ignore stuff that he doesn’t want to confront,” Powell explained. “It’s just the way he’s wired.” whether it involved personal topics relating to his family and marriage, or professional issues relating to engineering or business challenge, or health and cancer issues, Jobs sometimes simply didn’t engage. (From Steve Jobs)