Based on Isaacson's official biography, the 'reality distortion field' ascribed to Jobs by Apple employees was more of a euphemism for his capacity of successfully 'bend the truth' / outright lie for the sake of 'placeboing' the world towards his vision.<p>"To some people, calling it a reality distortion field was just a clever way to say that Jobs tended to lie. But it was in fact a more complex form of dissembling. He would assert something - be it a fact about world history or a recounting of who suggested an idea at a meeting - without even considering the truth. It came from willfully defying reality, not only to others but to himself." (p. 118)<p>While it's tempting to 'learn' described techniques, particularly for us entrepreneurial types, one shouldn't forget that their 'mastery' necessarily presupposes a flexible attitude towards ethics and to some extent, basic human decency. Jobs, of course, wasn't exactly a master of either.
<i>System 1 is an associative machine. It links concepts (words, images, memories, emotions) together. At all times, it creates casual stories around what happens in your life using those concepts. This big web of concepts and the stories they make are your perceptions.</i><p>The big web of concepts is your <i>perspective</i>, which is the result of your perceptions. This in turn influences your perceptions and may enable you to see things others don't see.