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Mona Simpson ndi wolemba komanso pulofesa wa Chingerezi ku yunivesite ya California. Adalankhula izi za mchimwene wake, Steve Jobs, pa Okutobala 16 pamwambo wake wachikumbutso ku tchalitchi cha Stanford University.

Ndinakula ndili mwana yekhayo amene amalera yekha ana. Tinali osauka, ndipo popeza ndinadziŵa kuti atate anasamuka ku Syria, ndinawalingalira kukhala Omar Sharif. Ndinkayembekezera kuti anali wolemera komanso wokoma mtima, kuti adzabwera m’miyoyo yathu ndi kutithandiza. Nditakumana ndi bambo anga, ndinayesera kukhulupirira kuti anasintha nambala yawo ya foni ndipo sanasiye adiresi chifukwa anali wokonda kusintha yemwe anali kuthandiza kulenga dziko latsopano la Aarabu.

Ngakhale kuti ndine wokonda zachikazi, ndakhala ndikudikirira kwa moyo wanga wonse mwamuna yemwe ndingamukonde komanso yemwe angandikonde. Kwa zaka zambiri ndinkaganiza kuti angakhale bambo anga. Ndili ndi zaka makumi awiri ndi zisanu ndinakumana ndi munthu woteroyo - anali mchimwene wanga.

Panthawiyo, ndinali kukhala ku New York, kumene ndinali kuyesa kulemba buku langa loyamba. Ndinkagwira ntchito ku magazini yaing’ono, ndinakhala m’kaofesi kakang’ono ndi anthu ena atatu ofuna ntchito. Pamene loya wina anandiitana ine tsiku lina—ine, msungwana wapakati wa ku California ndikupempha bwana wanga kulipira inshuwalansi ya thanzi—ndipo ananena kuti anali ndi kasitomala wotchuka ndi wolemera amene anali mbale wanga, akonzi achicheperewo anachita nsanje. Loyayo anakana kundiuza dzina la m’baleyo, choncho anzangawo anayamba kundinyengerera. Dzina lakuti John Travolta limatchulidwa kawirikawiri. Koma ndinali kuyembekezera munthu wonga Henry James—wina waluso kuposa ine, wina wamphatso mwachibadwa.

Nditakumana ndi Steve anali wachiarabu kapena wachiyuda wowoneka bwino atavala ma jeans amsinkhu wanga. Anali wokongola kwambiri kuposa Omar Sharif. Tinayenda ulendo wautali, womwe tonsefe tinangokondana kwambiri. Sindikukumbukira zambiri zomwe tinalankhulana tsiku loyamba lija. Ndimakumbukira kuti ndinkaona kuti ndi amene ndingasankhe kukhala mnzanga. Anandiuza kuti ali mu makompyuta. Sindinkadziwa zambiri zokhudza makompyuta, ndinkalembabe pa taipi yamanja. Ndinauza Steve kuti ndikuganiza zogula kompyuta yanga yoyamba. Steve anandiuza kuti zinali zabwino kuti ndidikire. Akuti akugwira ntchito yodabwitsa kwambiri.

Ndikufuna kugawana nanu zinthu zingapo zomwe ndaphunzira kwa Steve pazaka 27 zomwe ndakhala ndikumudziwa. Ndi nthawi zitatu, nthawi zitatu za moyo. Moyo wake wonse. Matenda ake. Kufa kwake.

Steve adagwira ntchito zomwe amakonda. Iye ankagwira ntchito mwakhama kwambiri, tsiku lililonse. Zikumveka zosavuta, koma ndi zoona. Sanachite manyazi kugwira ntchito molimbika chonchi, ngakhale pamene sanali kuchita bwino. Pamene wina wanzeru ngati Steve sanachite manyazi kuvomereza kulephera, mwina inenso sindinachitepo kanthu.

Pamene adachotsedwa ku Apple, zinali zowawa kwambiri. Anandiuza za chakudya chamadzulo ndi pulezidenti wamtsogolo komwe atsogoleri 500 a Silicon Valley adaitanidwa ndipo sanaitanidwe. Zinamupweteka, koma anapitabe kukagwira ntchito ku Next. Anapitirizabe kugwira ntchito tsiku lililonse.

Phindu lalikulu kwa Steve silinali luso, koma kukongola. Kwa katswiri, Steve anali wokhulupirika kwambiri. Ngati ankakonda t-shirt imodzi, ankaitanitsa 10 kapena 100. M’nyumba ya ku Palo Alto munali akamba akuda kwambiri moti akanatha kukwanira aliyense mumpingo. Iye sanali wokondweretsedwa ndi zochitika zamakono kapena njira. Iye ankakonda anthu amsinkhu wake.

Malingaliro ake okongoletsa amandikumbutsa chimodzi mwamawu ake, omwe adapita motere: “Mafashoni ndi amene amawoneka okongola tsopano koma amayipa pambuyo pake; luso likhoza kukhala loipa poyamba, koma pambuyo pake lidzakhala labwino. "

Steve nthawi zonse amapita komaliza. Iye sanasamale kuti asamvetsedwe.

Ku NEXT, komwe iye ndi gulu lake anali kupanga mwakachetechete nsanja yomwe Tim Berners-Lee amatha kulemba mapulogalamu a Webusaiti Yadziko Lonse, amayendetsa galimoto yamasewera akuda nthawi zonse. Anagula kachitatu kapena kachinayi.

Steve nthawi zonse ankalankhula za chikondi, chomwe chinali chofunika kwambiri kwa iye. Iye anali wofunikira kwa iye. Anali wokondweretsedwa komanso wokhudzidwa ndi moyo wachikondi wa antchito anzake. Atangokumana ndi munthu yemwe ankaganiza kuti ndingakonde, nthawi yomweyo amafunsa kuti: "Ndiwe single? Ukufuna kupita kukadya ndi sister wanga?"

Ndimakumbukira kuti ankaimba foni tsiku limene anakumana ndi Lauren. "Pali mkazi wodabwitsa, ndi wanzeru kwambiri, ali ndi galu wotere, ndidzakwatirana naye tsiku lina."

Reed atabadwa, adakhumudwa kwambiri. Anali pamenepo kwa aliyense wa ana ake. Anadzifunsa za chibwenzi cha Lisa, za maulendo a Erin ndi kutalika kwa masiketi ake, za chitetezo cha Eva kuzungulira akavalo omwe amawakonda kwambiri. Palibe aliyense wa ife amene adachita nawo maphunziro a Reed amene angaiwale kuvina kwawo pang'onopang'ono.

Chikondi chake kwa Lauren sichinayime. Iye ankakhulupirira kuti chikondi chimachitika paliponse komanso nthawi zonse. Chofunika koposa, Steve sanali wanthabwala, wosuliza kapena wopanda chiyembekezo. Eeci ncintu ncaakali kukonzya kwiiya kulinguwe.

Steve anachita bwino ali wamng'ono ndipo ankaona kuti zimamupatula. Zosankha zambiri zomwe adapanga panthawi yomwe ndimamudziwa anali kuyesa kugwetsa makoma amzungulira. Watawuni waku Los Altos adakondana ndi tauni yaku New Jersey. Maphunziro a ana awo anali ofunika kwa onse awiri, ankafuna kulera Lisa, Reed, Erin ndi Eva ngati ana abwinobwino. Nyumba yawo sinali yodzaza ndi zojambulajambula kapena zojambulajambula. M'zaka zoyambirira, nthawi zambiri ankangokhala ndi chakudya chosavuta. Mtundu umodzi wa masamba. Panali masamba ambiri, koma mtundu umodzi wokha. Monga broccoli.

Ngakhale ndili miliyoni, Steve ankanditenga ku eyapoti nthawi zonse. Iye anali atayima apa atavala jinzi.

Pamene wachibale wake anamuitana kuntchito, mlembi wake Linneta ankayankha kuti: “Bambo ako ali kumsonkhano. Ndimudule mawu?”

Nthawi ina adaganiza zokonzanso khitchini. Zinatenga zaka. Iwo ankaphika pa sitovu ya tebulo m’galaja. Ngakhale nyumba ya Pixar, yomwe inali kumangidwa nthawi yomweyo, inamalizidwa mu theka la nthawi. Imeneyi inali nyumba ku Palo Alto. Zipinda zosambira zidakhala zakale. Komabe, Steve ankadziwa kuti inali nyumba yabwino kuyamba nayo.

Komabe, izi sizikutanthauza kuti sanasangalale ndi chipambano. Iye anasangalala nazo, kwambiri. Anandiuza momwe amakondera kubwera ku sitolo ya njinga ku Palo Alto ndipo mosangalala pozindikira kuti angakwanitse njinga yabwino kwambiri kumeneko. Ndipo anatero.

Steve anali wodzichepetsa, wofunitsitsa kuphunzira. Nthawi ina anandiuza kuti akanakula mosiyana, akanatha kukhala katswiri wa masamu. Adalankhula molemekeza za mayunivesite, momwe amakondera kuyendayenda kusukulu ya Stanford.

M'chaka chomaliza cha moyo wake, adaphunzira buku la zojambulajambula ndi Mark Rothko, wojambula yemwe sankamudziwa kale, ndipo anaganiza zomwe zingalimbikitse anthu pamakoma amtsogolo a kampu yatsopano ya Apple.

Steve anali ndi chidwi kwambiri. Ndi CEO wina uti yemwe ankadziwa mbiri ya maluwa a tiyi a Chingerezi ndi achi China ndipo anali ndi duwa lomwe David Austin ankakonda kwambiri?

Anapitiriza kubisa zodabwitsa m'matumba mwake. Ndingayerekeze kunena kuti Laurene akupezabe zodabwitsa izi - nyimbo zomwe ankakonda komanso ndakatulo zomwe adadula - ngakhale patatha zaka 20 zaukwati wapamtima. Ndi ana ake anayi, mkazi wake, tonsefe, Steve tinasangalala kwambiri. Iye ankaona kuti kukhala wosangalala.

Kenako Steve adadwala ndipo tidawona moyo wake ukucheperachepera. Iye ankakonda kuyenda mozungulira Paris. Iye ankakonda kutsetsereka. Analumpha movutikira. Zonse zapita. Ngakhale zosangalatsa wamba monga pichesi wabwino sizinamusangalatsenso. Koma chimene chinandidabwitsa kwambiri pa nthawi imene ankadwala n’chakuti zinatsalabe zochuluka bwanji atataya zochuluka.

Ndikukumbukira mchimwene wanga akuphunziranso kuyenda ndi mpando. Atamuika chiwindi, anaimirira ndi miyendo yomwe inkalephera ngakhale kumuchirikiza n’kugwira mpando ndi manja ake. Ndi mpando umenewo, adayenda mumsewu wa chipatala cha Memphis kupita kuchipinda cha anamwino, adakhala pamenepo, adapumula kwakanthawi, kenako adabwerera. Anawerenga mayendedwe ake ndipo ankangowonjezera pang'ono tsiku lililonse.

Laurene anamulimbikitsa kuti: "Ukhoza kutero, Steve."

Panthaŵi yovutayi, ndinazindikira kuti sanali kuvutika chifukwa cha iye mwini. Anali ndi zolinga zake: maphunziro a mwana wake Reed, ulendo wa Erin wopita ku Kyoto, komanso kutumiza sitima yomwe ankagwira ntchitoyo ndipo anakonza zoti ayende padziko lonse lapansi ndi banja lake lonse, kumene ankayembekezera kukhala ndi moyo wake wonse ndi Laurene. tsiku lina.

Ngakhale kuti anali kudwala, iye sanasinthe maganizo ake. Anadutsa anamwino 67 mpaka anapeza anzake amoyo ndipo atatu anakhala naye mpaka mapeto: Tracy, Arturo ndi Elham.

Nthaŵi ina Steve atadwala chibayo, dokotala anamuletsa chilichonse, ngakhale madzi oundana. Anali atagona m’chipinda cha anthu odwala mwakayakaya. Ngakhale kuti nthawi zambiri sankachita zimenezi, iye anavomereza kuti ulendo uno akufuna kuti azimusamalira mwapadera. Ndinamuuza kuti: "Steve, ichi ndi mphatso yapadera." Ananditsamira nati: "Ndikufuna kuti ikhale yapadera kwambiri."

Atalephera kulankhula anapempha kabuku kake. Anali akupanga chogwirizira cha iPad pabedi lachipatala. Anapanga zida zatsopano zowunikira komanso zida za x-ray. Anakonzanso chipinda chake chakuchipatala chomwe sanachikonde kwenikweni. Ndipo nthawi iliyonse mkazi wake akalowa m’chipindamo, iye ankamwetulira pankhope pake. Wālembe bintu bikatampe mu padi. Ankafuna kuti tisamvere madokotala ndi kumupatsa ngakhale pang'ono.

Pamene Steve anali bwino, adayesa, ngakhale m'chaka chake chomaliza, kukwaniritsa malonjezo ndi ntchito zonse ku Apple. Kubwerera ku Netherlands, antchito anali kukonzekera kuyala matabwa pamwamba pa chombo chokongola chachitsulo ndi kumaliza kumanga chombo chake. Ana ake aakazi atatu amakhalabe mbeta, ndipo iye akulakalaka akanatha kuwatsogolera m’kanjira monga momwe ananditsogolera ine. Tonse timatha kufa pakati pa nkhaniyi. Pakati pa nkhani zambiri.

Ndikuganiza kuti si bwino kutchula imfa ya munthu amene wakhala ndi khansa kwa zaka zingapo mosayembekezereka, koma imfa ya Steve inali yosayembekezereka kwa ife. Ndinaphunzira pa imfa ya mchimwene wanga kuti chinthu chofunika kwambiri ndi khalidwe: iye anafa monga iye anali.

Anandiimbira foni Lachiwiri m'mawa, amafuna kuti ndibwere ku Palo Alto mwamsanga. Mawu ake ankamveka ngati okoma mtima komanso okoma, komanso ngati kuti anali atanyamula kale zikwama zake ndipo anali wokonzeka kupita, ngakhale kuti anali wachisoni kwambiri kutisiya.

Atayamba kusanzika ndinamuyimitsa. “Dikirani, ndipita. Ndakhala mu taxi yopita ku airport," Ndinatero. "Ndikukuuzani tsopano chifukwa ndikuwopa kuti simudzafika nthawi yake," Adayankha.

Nditafika, anali akusewera ndi mkazi wake. Kenako anayang’ana m’maso mwa ana ake ndipo sanathe kudzing’amba. Mpaka 2 koloko masana mkazi wake anakwanitsa kulankhula ndi Steve kuti alankhule ndi anzake a ku Apple. Kenako zinaonekeratu kuti sadzakhala nafe kwa nthawi yaitali.

Mpweya wake unasintha. Anali wotopetsa komanso wadala. Ndinkaona kuti akuwerenganso masitepe ake, moti ankayesetsa kuyenda motalikirapo kuposa poyamba. Ndinaganiza kuti nayenso akugwira ntchito imeneyi. Imfa sinakumane ndi Steve, adayipeza.

Atatsanzika, anandiuza kuti akumva chisoni kwambiri kuti sitingathe kukalamba pamodzi monga momwe timakonzera nthawi zonse, koma kuti akupita kumalo abwino.

Dr. Fischer adamupatsa mwayi makumi asanu pa zana kuti apulumuke usiku. Anamuyendetsa. Laurene anakhala usiku wonse pambali pake, akudzuka pamene kupuma kwake kunali kupuma. Tonse tinayang'anizana, iye anangotenga mpweya wautali ndikupumanso.

Ngakhale panthawiyi, adasungabe kuzama kwake, umunthu wa chikondi ndi absolutist. Mpweya wake umasonyeza ulendo wotopetsa, ulendo wachipembedzo. Zinkawoneka ngati akukwera.

Koma pambali pa chifuniro chake, kudzipereka kwake kwa ntchito, zomwe zinali zodabwitsa za iye ndi momwe ankatha kusangalalira ndi zinthu, monga wojambula akudalira lingaliro lake. Izi zidakhala ndi Steve kwa nthawi yayitali

Asananyamuke, anayang’ana mlongo wake Patty, kenako anayang’ana ana ake kwautali, kenako anayang’ana mnzake wapamtima, Lauren, kenako n’kuyang’ana chapatali ndithu.

Mawu omaliza a Steve anali:

UWU. UWU. UWU.

Chitsime: NYTimes.com

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