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Over the years Jobs would bring in some strong leaders to serve on the Apple board,
這些年來，喬布斯請到很多優(yōu)秀的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者加入蘋果董事會，
including Al Gore, Eric Schmidt of Google, Art Levinson of Genentech,
包括美國前副總統(tǒng)阿爾·戈爾、谷歌的埃里克·施密特、基因泰克的亞瑟·萊文森
Mickey Drexler of the Gap and J. Crew, and Andrea Jung of Avon.
GAP和J.Crew公司的米奇·德雷克斯勒，以及雅芳的鐘彬嫻。
But he always made sure they were loyal, sometimes loyal to a fault.
他一直確保他們是忠誠的，即使是對錯誤的忠誠。
Despite their stature, they seemed at times awed or intimidated by Jobs, and they were eager to keep him happy.
雖然他們都身居要職，但是有時他們似乎對喬布斯?jié)M心敬畏，而且很渴望取悅他。
At one point he invited Arthur Levitt, the former SEC chairman, to become a board member.
有一次，在他回到蘋果幾年以后，他邀請前美國證券交易委員會主席亞瑟·萊維特加入蘋果董事會。
Levitt, who bought his first Macintosh in 1984 and was proudly "addicted" to Apple computers, was thrilled.
萊維特很激動，他在1984年就買了他的第一臺麥金塔電腦，沉迷于蘋果電腦并以此為榮。
He was excited to visit Cupertino, where he discussed the role with Jobs.
他興奮地造訪庫比蒂諾，跟喬布斯討論他的角色。
But then Jobs read a speech Levitt had given about corporate governance,
可是后來喬布斯看到了一篇萊維特關(guān)于公司治理的演講，
which argued that boards should play a strong and independent role, and he telephoned to withdraw the invitation.
其中的觀點(diǎn)是董事會應(yīng)該承擔(dān)強(qiáng)勢而獨(dú)立的角色，喬布斯因此給他打電話收回了邀請。
"Arthur, I don't think you'd be happy on our board, and I think it best if we not invite you," Levitt said Jobs told him.
“亞瑟，我想你在我們董會不會快樂，我想我們最好不要邀請你了。”萊維特說喬布斯當(dāng)時這樣吿訴他，
"Frankly, I think some of the issues you raised, while appropriate for some companies, really don't apply to Apple's culture."
“坦率地講，我認(rèn)為你提出的那些觀點(diǎn)，雖然對有些公司合適，但確實(shí)不適合蘋果的文化。”
Levitt later wrote, "I was floored ... It's plain to me that Apple's board is not designed to act independently of the CEO."
萊維特后來寫道：“我很受打擊……很顯然蘋果的董事會不是為了獨(dú)立于CEO行事而設(shè)計的。”
