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Jobs could seduce and charm people at will, and he liked to do so.
喬布斯可以隨心所欲地引誘和迷惑別人，而且他喜歡這樣做。
People such as Amelio and Sculley allowed themselves to believe that because Jobs was charming them,
像阿梅里奧和斯卡利這樣的人都愿意相信，既然喬布斯在向他們施展魅力，
it meant that he liked and respected them.
就意味著他喜歡和尊重他們。
It was an impression that he sometimes fostered by dishing out insincere flattery to those hungry for it.
這會給人一種印象：有時對那些渴望奉承的人，他會給予不真誠的奉承。
But Jobs could be charming to people he hated just as easily as he could be insulting to people he liked.
喬布斯可以輕易吸引他討厭的人，而他傷害起他喜歡的人也同樣駕輕就熟。
Amelio didn't see this because, like Sculley, he was so eager for Jobs's affection.
阿梅里奧沒有看到這一點，因為他和斯卡利一樣渴望得到喬布斯的認可。
Indeed the words he used to describe his yearning for a good relationship with Jobs are almost the same as those used by Sculley.
的確，他連描述自己如何渴望與喬布斯搞好關系的用詞都幾乎跟斯卡利的一樣。
"When I was wrestling with a problem, I would walk through the issue with him," Amelio recalled. "Nine times out of ten we would agree."
“當我為一個問題困擾時，我會跟他一起討論，”阿梅里奧回憶說，“十次中有九次我們是能夠達成一致意見的。”
Somehow he willed himself to believe that Jobs really respected him:
他情愿相信喬布斯真的尊重他。
"I was in awe over the way Steve's mind approached problems, and had the feeling we were building a mutually trusting relationship."
“我敬佩喬布斯解決問題的方式，而且感覺到我們正在建立一種相互信任的關系。”
