ACTIVITY 4 I Stalked Steve Jobs I was a young CEO and I needed answers. Steve Jobs had them. There was only one thing to do. So I sent a FedEx. Then I sent another. Then I started calling. Then I sent another FedEx, and called some more. Finally, after 7 FedExs and 12 phone calls, Steve’s 1. said he wanted to talk with me. “You keep sending FedExs and calling. So let’s end it. What do you want?” Steve said, with his characteristic 2. . “Five minutes of your time. I really admire your accomplishments and as a young CEO I have a few questions no one else can answer.” “Bring a timer.” “I will. Oh — and thanks.” He had already hung up. My 3. was to find hope again. It was the early 1990’s and I’d left my 4. at Microsoft. I was depressed and wanted to know why we weren’t really changing the world as fast and as well as we could. Two weeks later, timer in hand, I shook Steve’s hand and 5. for 5 minutes. We’re at a dark conference table. He is slouching at the head of the table, to my right. Tick, tick, tick. I won’t bore you with the questions I asked, they were mere 6. to get Steve talking. What I do want you to know is that during this conversation, which was almost 18 years ago, Steve shared his 7. of the future. And it was glorious. He described a world where everything we needed was easily 8. . He described the iPod, iPad, iPhone nearly 2 decades before they 9. . Tick, tick, tick, ding! My five minutes was up. I rose to leave, bowing a little as I backed away. “I’m not done with you yet. Sit down.” Not until forty five minutes later did Steve 10. me