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Steve Jobs

I have a great respect for incremental improvement, and I've done that sort of thing in my life, but I've always been attracted to the more revolutionary changes. I don't know why. Because they're harder. They're much more stressful emotionally. And you u

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Steve Jobs is saying that while he values small, step-by-step progress and has practiced it himself, he prefers big, radical changes because they challenge him more. He acknowledges that these major changes are emotionally difficult and stressful, yet he is drawn to them regardless.

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