BLURT 23: Irony: in Chinese schools, bookstores and, no doubt, corporate headquarters, the face of Steven Jobs is everywhere. His success and brilliance (and wealth) are regarded with a respect bordering on worship, and yet what student or business leader would actually follow in his way? Follow your instincts. Do what you love. In a country where students obediently, often dully, study what others tell them to, his example of having quit school is absolutely unimaginable, no matter how many times they read the story.
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