Robert
Strategic Concepts & Mechanics
Primary Evidence
"“In entrepreneurship... you either see the forest and no trees, or all you see is the trees individually and no forest,” Robert explained. “He is an incredible forest thinker, whereas I am exactly the opposite—I only see the trees. I’d probably have a hard time running a business in Dartmouth because it’s not in Halifax."
"“His focus changed from simply wanting to amass more money to creating successful businesses, because that really is more of a challenge. If you create a successful business, then the money aspect follows.” Robert also referred to his brother’s “insatiable thirst” for knowledge: “I can’t think of a topic you could bring up that he wouldn’t have his opinions on. And it might be all BS, but he’ll make you believe that his opinion is right.”"
"“Friedland taught Steve the reality distortion field,” said Kottke. “He was charismatic and a bit of a con man and could bend situations to his very strong will. He was mercurial, sure of himself, a little dictatorial. Steve admired that, and he became more like that after spending time with Robert.”"
"Jobs was also beginning to have a little trouble stomaching Friedland’s cult leader style. “Perhaps he saw a little bit too much of Robert in himself,”"
"“Robert always portrayed himself as a spiritual person, but he crossed the line from being charismatic to being a con man,” Jobs said. “It was a strange thing to have one of the spiritual people in your young life turn out to be, symbolically and in reality, a gold miner.”"
"When the beautiful and fiery Jeanne Boussac, yielding to the impulses of her heart and ambition, leaves, in 1892, her husband Louis and the provincial life of Châteauroux to share the brilliant existence of the famous poet, Catulle Mendès, in Paris, she abandons three little boys: Robert, five years old, Marcel three years old, and Raymond, barely a year old. Thus, the name of the woman who, just yesterday, was a wasp waist in a rustling dress, flitting on the lawn while holding her latest child, suddenly disappears from their babbles."