Steve Jobs:
- Adopted
- College dropout
- Apple III and Lisa computers were flops
- Hired John Sculley
- Fired at age of 30, from Company he founded and led
- Created NeXT Inc., hobbled by exorbitant price tag and key design flaws
- Largely written off as a has-been during 11 year absence from Apple
- Cube-shaped Macintosh
- Pancreatic cancer
- Liver transplant
- Option backdating scandal
Abraham Lincoln:
- Lost job in 1832
- Defeated for state legislature in 1832
- Failed in business in 1833
- Sweetheart died in 1835
- Had nervous breakdown in 1836
- Defeated for Speaker in 1838
- Defeated for nomination for Congress in 1843
- Lost renomination in 1848
- Rejected for land officer in 1849
- Defeated for U.S. Senate in 1854
- Defeated for nomination for Vice President in 1856
- Again defeated for U.S. Senate in 1858
O.D.O.o.O.D.B.
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