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Steve Jobs challenging Wendell Weeks
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"We don't have the capacity," Weeks replied. "None of our plants make the glass now." | |
"Don't be afraid," Jobs replied. This stunned Weeks, who was good-humored and confident but not used to Jobs's reality distortion field. He tried to explain that a false sense of confidence would not overcome engineering challenges, but that was a premise that Jobs had repeatedly shown he didn't accept. He stared at Weeks unblinking." "Yes, you can do it," he said. "Get your mind around it. You can do it." | |
As Weeks retold this story, he shook his head in astonishment. "We did it in under six months," he said. "We produced a glass that had never been made." |
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