No. No one deserves to have it all (fame, fortune, and privacy). Only when they choose to step out of the limelight, should they deserve the same privacy that non-celebrities/non-celebrity CEOs have.
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Steve Jobs Recovering From Hormone Imbalance, To Remain CEO
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No. No one deserves to have it all (fame, fortune, and privacy). Only when they choose to step out of the limelight, should they deserve the same privacy that non-celebrities/non-celebrity CEOs have.
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I give all my best to Steve for a speedy recovery.
Poor guy, I feel so bad for him.
I give all my best to Steve for a speedy recovery.
Poor guy, I feel so bad for him.
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yes, hes not human and he and his family dont deserve the same rights that you do, simply because he happens to be well known.
What are you talking about. You really don't think he's been going to the doctors, trying to figure out what was wrong? Especially since the treatment is straight forward. No, I'm guessing that he went to the doctors and gave him a clean bill of health and being a busy person he believed them and just tried to gain weight.
Since we all know that Steve is very meticulous to everything that apple releases. How many of you think that maybe perhaps Steve's not taking part in that anymore, I mean in approving all the products prior to their release which brings me to that part maybe apple is safe after all, even if god forbid Steve disappeared from Apple's horizon.
I hope you're joking!
As a CEO he never has to talk in public forums like MacWorld.
Steve, by all indications, is doing the same job hes always been doing, minus this one keynote so he can be with his family for the holidays as well as recuperate.
This is one of the things I really like about Steve. He could CARE LESS about what ANYONE thinks of ANY facet of his life, except when they attempt to lie about it, butt into it, or make a hatchet job of it. All of these morons who attempt to drag Steve into their groupthink, consume for identity, mainstream nut-swinging fest will NEVER understand how someone could just shut them and their ways of thinking out. It's awesome, and everyone could learn a lesson from thinking for themselves. What these dolts call "smug", "arrogant", or "stuck-up" is actually a pure example of individuality. And I salute him for it.
Well idk, how bout you prepare for a few weeks to give a huge two hour speech under incredibly hot lights to a loud room. Its stressful, amazingly stressful, something someone who isn't completely healthy probably wouldn't want to do or shouldn't do.
It amazes me how many people REFUSE to believe this, like they somehow have a better source.
The typical human animal HATES change, and will say anything to seem contrary to it. People get old, have health issues, and typical ways of doing anything; business or otherwise, change along with this. GET OVER IT.
That is such a huge crock of groupthink crap. You're definitely the typical consuming for identity, brainwashed, network news- watching automaton that every company drools over. Nothing you've said needs to be refuted, as it's all just ridiculous tripe spewed by every other simple-minded moron.
His condition is like Apple's design philosophy too. Thinner, thinner, thinner, and thinnest ever.
Similar thing happened to Scott Adams:
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/...ers-incurable-spasmodic-dysphonia-voice-loss/
The above comment is meant with seriousness and respect.
I hope if your ever succesful in life someone comes and harrases you and your wife and your children and starts asking about every little cough you make and every little pimple you have. Its not his choice he was successful, he's worked hard, is naturally talented and does a good job as CEO, so your saying now he doesnt deserve basic human privacy? your basically just an upmarket pervert.
That must stink to not get to spend time with your family for an entire 10 years. I'm glad to know that he's going to be ok.
But the question is... Why is Apple still dropping out of MacWorld? That must be what he means by "...and all that I am going to say, about this."
But the question is... Why is Apple still dropping out of MacWorld? That must be what he means by "...and all that I am going to say, about this."
This is pure harassment. Everyone deserves some privacy.
COUNTLESS of times, he has been stating that he is in a GOOD condition. What else do these people want?
Seriously, this is disturbing. 53 year old suffering from a minor health issue? Boohoo, end of the world!
COUNTLESS of times, he has been stating that he is in a GOOD condition. What else do these people want?
Seriously, this is disturbing. 53 year old suffering from a minor health issue? Boohoo, end of the world!
The company has already said why they are leaving macworld. THAT has nothing to do with steves health.
Seems pretty clear to me that if you are giving #1 priority to your health you don't have the time to prepare for a Macworld Keynote. As Jobs says earlier in his letter, preparation in previous years has kept him away from his family during the holidays. This leads to the conclusion that his health is why Phil is giving the keynote this year because he didn't have time to prepare for it while concentrating on his health. Doesn't seem all that speculative to me.
Whilst that is an element of the reason why he receives a "nominal" salary, it's also more appropriate nowadays for CEOs to have executive compensation that brings the interests of the shareholders in-line with that of the board of directors. By giving SJ stock options (along with his Jet, which i assume he'd have to pay capital gains?) it means that he should be continually trying to improve the company (and thus the stock price) to get a return from his work at Apple. On a more general point, if shareholders have a problem with SJ then it will be brought up at the AGM, or sell your shares and invest in a more reliable source - http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/186527/october-01-2008/campbell-s-soup-stock
I cannot tell if you are using my post as a board to base your post off of or if you where somehow yelling at me?
From what Ive seen we are agreement, so whats with the hostility?
No, disagree fundamentally. A CEO has as much right to privacy over personal matters such as their health and family as anyone else.
But they also have a responsibility to be open about any of those matters that may affect their performance. But only when it does or is about to affect their performance.
I think maybe Jobs may be a bit late on the latter (although equally may understandably have been waiting for a definite diagnosis and positive treatment plan) but he, like every one of us, had the absolute right to privacy at every stage beforehand. To say otherwise is frankly ludicrous.
Should he be on Twitter, logging every sneeze, cough, ache or pain do you think? Or perhaps restrict it to, you know, what actually may be relevant to the performance of his duties? Just like he has.
Good luck, Steve! Apple will still be there when you return, no rush.
uhhh....that's what Bear Stearns said.....an 85 year old brokerage firm that collapsed over 1 weekend because of a run on the bank.
ya never know.......ya never know.....
The only way this illness has interfered so far was him stepping down from the keynote, or in otherwords, it hasn't effective his job much at all.
