Having made up my mind, I went to see Steve [Jobs]. I brought a hand-drawn sketch with me, … - Masayoshi Son

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It is a sign of intimacy to be able to read in the same room with another person, as trusting as dreaming with someone right beside you.

Masayoshi Son

Having made up my mind, I went to see Steve [Jobs]. I brought a hand-drawn sketch with me, and I said, "Please make something like this. " He said, "Don't show me such an ugly design sketch. " But he also said, "You've got the right idea. I totally agree that the time has come when we can make the ultimate mobile machine. "

Hands, Ideas, Jobs, Machine, See, Steve

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I don't care about the sort of things that will bring in chump change over the next two or three years. I think I'm better than others at sniffing out things that will bear fruit in 10 or 20 years while they're still at the seed stage, and I'm more willing to take the risks that entails.

Bring, Fruit, Sniffing, Thinking, Two, Years

I haven't invented anything earth-shattering. If I could be said to have one noteworthy ability compared with the average person, it's that I have a keen interest in reading the direction and timing of paradigm shifts.

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I thought I might spend the rest of my time on golf. But thinking about it now, I'm happy playing whenever I have some downtime in my busy schedule, and even if I had all the time I wanted to play, my score probably wouldn't be very good.

Busy, Downtime, Golf, Play, Schedule, Thinking

Jack's [Ma Yun ] theory is that whoever controls data controls the world.

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But a big paradigm shift is staring us in the face. If I left things to someone else despite having my own thoughts on it, I wouldn't be true to myself.

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