OBSERVANT

Steve jobs was a man who was very observant about the things that go around him especially the trends and what attracts and appeals to customers. And most the successful entrepreneurs turn their observations into marketable ideas. For instance, Jobs spends almost all his time internally with people who are experts in software, hardware, design, and the technologies of metal, plastic, and glass.

Every Monday morning he calls them together to recheck and review products and the challenges of designing and executing them. It’s one of his social processes for connecting multiple disciplines to create compelling products, and he’s been doing it rigorously for a dozen years just observing. Four hours a week, fifty weeks a year, for twelve years equals 2,400 hours spent building mental and relationship capital by connecting the newest ideas of diverse brilliant and passionate minds. It’s one of the ways turns an athletic team into an unbeatable champion. Job’s is one of the few CEOs with such a disciplined practice of connecting the dots and executing his observations into marketable ideas.

Visionary