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That's It!
就這個！
There are certain meetings that are memorable both because they mark a historic moment
總有一些值得銘記的會議，不僅是因為它們標志了一個歷史性的時刻，
and because they illuminate the way a leader operates.
而且還明確了領導者的運作方式。
Such was the case with the gathering in Apple's fourth-floor conference room in April 2001,
2001年4月，在蘋果公司四層的會議室里就有這樣一個會議，
where Jobs decided on the fundamentals of the iPod.
喬布斯確定了iPod的一些基礎問題。
There to hear Fadell present his proposals to Jobs were Rubinstein, Schiller, Ive, Jeff Robbin, and marketing director Stan Ng.
在會上，法德爾要向喬布斯講解他的提案，聽眾有魯賓斯坦、席勒、艾弗、杰夫·羅賓，還有營銷總監斯坦·吳。
Fadell didn't know Jobs, and he was understandably intimidated.
法德爾不認識喬布斯，他感到害怕是可以理解的。
"When he walked into the conference room, I sat up and thought, 'Whoa, there's Steve!'
“當他走進會議室的那一刻，我不由得挺起身，心想：‘哇，這就是喬布斯！’
I was really on guard, because I'd heard how brutal he could be."
我開始小心翼翼起來，因為我早就聽說過他的野蠻無理。”
The meeting started with a presentation of the potential market and what other companies were doing.
整個演講以介紹“潛在市場”和“競爭對手”開始。
Jobs, as usual, had no patience.
和住常一樣，喬布斯顯然沒有耐心聽這些。
"He won't pay attention to a slide deck for more than a minute," Fadell said.
法德爾說：“我能感覺到，他沒耐心在一張幻燈片上花上一分鐘的時間。”
When a slide showed other possible players in the market, he waved it away.
當翻到“市場上的其他播放器”這張幻燈片時，他揮手示意法德爾停止。
"Don't worry about Sony," he said. "We know what we're doing, and they don't."
他說：“不要擔心索尼。我們知道自己在做什么，但是他們不知道。”
After that, they quit showing slides, and instead Jobs peppered the group with questions.
于是，會議不再播放幻燈片，喬布斯幵始向團隊拋出一連串的問題。
Fadell took away a lesson: "Steve prefers to be in the moment, talking things through.
法德爾學到了一課：“史蒂夫關注當下，說話直來直去。
He once told me, 'If you need slides, it shows you don't know what you're talking about.'"
有一次他告訴我：‘如果你一定要用幻燈片來講，那說明你不知道自己要講什么。’”
