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I started reading this a few weeks ago but it was too soon for me. But I’m finally looking forward to the long read of somebody I really respected and admired.<\/p>\n
I started reading this a few weeks ago but it was too soon for me. But I’m finally looking forward to the long read of somebody I really respected and admired. Steve Jobs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[194],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-3880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book","tag-steve-jobs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p47XZT-10A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3510,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/16\/new-book-the-steve-jobs-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":3880,"position":0},"title":"New Book: The Steve Jobs Way","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"May 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In "Book"","block_context":{"text":"Book","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/category\/book\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"51jCi66W34L SS500","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/51jCi66W34L._SS500.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3806,"url":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/steve-jobs-the-passing-of-a-great-man\/","url_meta":{"origin":3880,"position":1},"title":"Steve Jobs – The Passing of a Great Man","author":"Thomas Tomchak","date":"October 5, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"People have all kinds of roll models and heroes. 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