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And yet when the cup of power neared his lips, he became strangely hesitant, reluctant, perhaps coy.
然而，當回歸的時機真的到來時，他卻有一種奇怪的游移不定的感覺。
He returned to Apple officially in January 1997 as a part-time advisor, as he had told Amelio he would.
1997年1月，他作為一位非正式的兼職顧問入職蘋果，如他之前告訴阿梅里奧的那樣。
He began to assert himself in some personnel areas, especially in protecting his people who had made the transition from NeXT.
他開始介入一些人事問題，尤其是會保護他從NeXT帶過來的員工。
But in most other ways he was unusually passive.
但是在其他大多數方面，他都異乎尋常的被動。
The decision not to ask him to join the board offended him,
他對不讓他加入董事會的決定感覺不快，
and he felt demeaned by the suggestion that he run the company's operating system division.
而讓他管理公司的操作系統部門的建議也讓他覺得是貶低了他的價值。
Amelio was thus able to create a situation in which Jobs was both inside the tent and outside the tent,
阿梅里奧得以創造了這樣一種局面，喬布斯既是局內人又是局外人，
which was not a prescription for tranquillity.
這可不是和睦之道。
Jobs later recalled: Gil didn't want me around. And I thought he was a bozo.
喬布斯后來回憶：吉爾不希望我在。而我認為他是個笨蛋。
I knew that before I sold him the company.
我在把公司賣給他之前就知道。
I thought I was just going to be trotted out now and then for events like Macworld, mainly for show.
我想，我現在就是做做形象大使，在類似Macworld這樣的活動上出席一下，主要為了作秀。
That was fine, because I was working at Pixar.
這沒問題，因為我還在皮克斯工作。
I rented an office in downtown Palo Alto where I could work a few days a week, and I drove up to Pixar for one or two days.
我在帕洛奧圖市中心祖了一間辦公室，可以每周在那兒工作幾天，再開車去皮克斯待個一兩天。
It was a nice life. I could slow down, spend time with my family.
這日子不錯。我可以慢下腳步，多陪陪家人。
