“...successful ones show a capacity to engage in anticipatory learning to make the projected vision become reality(Filion 1998).” Jobs’ ambitiousness played a big factor in his visions, he would began taking actions as soon as new concepts came to mind. Fifteen percent of the world’s population accounts for the ENTJ personality (Earnest, 1994) leaving Jobs in that fifteen percent. Steve Jobs can be described as one who is attention to detail. Being that he is one of the most successful entrepreneurs, his ENTJ personality took him a long way. Individuals who hold the ENTJ personality have certain assets that they bring to the table, these kind of workers still have weaknesses, however, they overly dominate their strengths. He took notice of small features that many would overlook; allowing him see a different side to all his creations. Jobs’ communicative and speaking skills were also an asset he brought with him when discussing business. Jobs can be described as persuasive, convincing and influential. It was quite rare that someone would not agree with his …show more content…
Holding more confidence in himself compared to his associates. Steve Jobs grew a reputation of too much “self-assurance”, which is common for Entrepreneurs to hold this trait. The ENTJ personality reflects the success of Steve Jobs, as well as other multi millionaire business owners. From the biography “Inside Steve’s Brain”, it mentions “Jobs has taken his interests and personality traits obsessiveness, narcissism, perfectionism and turned them into the hallmarks of his career (Kahney 2008, p. 13).” Correspondingly, Not only was Jobs aware of his natural talents, in addition, he took advantage of his boastful character and reflected his mastery in his intellectual properties. Working with Steve Jobs was not invigorating, on the contrary, his associates were able to grasp portions of his positive techniques. In spite of having a genius on their team, Jobs was not relationship-oriented nor an uplifting leader. Working in much smaller groups that consisted of two or less people fit the needs of Jobs better than larger groups. It was quite noticeable for Steve to see the disparity within his workers and himself. It was not long before Jobs allowed his superior position to resonate in his head. As Steve Jobs attained his position to the top, he created a saying that only his employees understood. According to “Inside Steve’s Brain”, Steve