Monday, May 12, 2008

MashUp - Jobs, Versace and Yin

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Jobs = green Versace = purple Yin = blue

According to Donatella Versace, “Behind every great woman there’s another great woman.” For Zhang Yin, being a woman was not a problem – “I found men respected me.” Steve Jobs was the unexpected baby boy whose potential adoptive parents decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.

Five years ago Zhang Yin was driving around the United States in a used minivan begging garbage dumps to give her scrap paper. Steve Jobs never graduated from college.It’s been a long struggle…but today it finally seems they are getting what they want, what they really, really want. POWER.

In the words of Steve Jobs, sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Earlier this month Donatella admitted to being terrified and to be missing her brother more than ever. Zhang Yin is sometimes called the queen of trash – a title she doesn’t disown. But, she said, “Some day I’d like to be known as the queen of containerboards.”

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. Donatella's brother always said that one day women will rule the world! For Zhang Yin her desire has always been to be the leader in an industry. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

Last year Zhang Yin was named the wealthiest woman in China. Donatella Versace is part of a band of sassy signoras who have taken the leading positions in design, retail and marketing. Steve Jobs is the CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios. And yet death is the destination they all share. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It clears out the old to make way for the new.

References:

Barboaza, D 2007, ‘Blazing a Paper Trail in China’, The New York Times, 16 January, accessed 12 May 2008,

Jobs, S 2005, “You’ve got to find what you love,’ Jobs says”, Stanford University, accessed 12 May 2008,

Muir, L 1997, ‘In Italy, a New Generation of Women Show Off Power’, International Herald Tribune, 17 October, accessed 12 May 2008,

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