I was speaking to what Steve Jobs had that made him successful, not to his messy behvior and personal life. A lot of great artists were borderline or full on terrible people. We still appreciate their art.
Even professionally he doesn't seem "high EQ" to me. Often taking undeserved credit and shoving coworkers under buses when it was unnecessary, just for his own greed and ego. He may have even been emotionally manipulative.
> A lot of great artists were borderline or full on terrible people. We still appreciate their art.
Speak for yourself. Whenever I learn that an artist is a monster, I think appreciate their work much less. Thankfully much of Apple's success is due to the work of hundreds and thousands of others, not solely this "great man" whose worshipped among the faithful.
Steve Jobs led teams to innovate in several industries, such as computing, music distribution, film making, mobile computing etc... I don't worship him or Elon Musk but I recognize their talents. To do less would be to deprive myself of learning from their good qualities. I would like to emulate those. Of course I would trust myself to implement them in a better way that doesn't hurt other people.
