I believe the author would have a different opinion if he watched Steve's 2005 commencement speech. <a href="http://goo.gl/l7scw" rel="nofollow">http://goo.gl/l7scw</a><p>Steve said the reason he was successful later in life was from learning from his previous failures. This doesn't seem characteristic of a man who is unable to reflect on his past.<p>Perhaps the reason he chose not to do so later in life was because he knew of his impending death. The man who lives every day like his last doesn't spend time reminiscing about the past—he lives in the present and enjoys every waking moment.<p>I'd like to think that in the last months of his life Steve tried to do just that.
"Even when he was dying, Jobs wasn’t in the mood to analyze his strengths, his weaknesses, his victories, or his mistakes."<p>To me, that represents profound mental blockages and I wouldn't be surprised if they contributed to his cancer.