It kidna sucks having accomplished so much very early in life and then being "now what?" It's like he was never able to relive that glory of Apple, not that he necessarily wanted to. But it's like, 'what do you do to fill the time?'
If you have kids, go be with them.
Travel, see the world.
Philanthropy.
Start another business if you feel the urge. Meet people. Get into the arts (the founder of my present company, OVH, used his fortune to buy a bunch of guitars and become a performing musician, Ken Block used his DC money to get into car racing)...
A creative soul like Woz will always find something worth doing :)
Confused why this comment is downvoted, as it seems like an appropriate response. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Woz a few times over the years and even getting to spend a few hours with him on two occasions. Your last sentence pretty much sums up what I feel, along with that you can tell he just enjoys being helpful or just make others laugh. I’ve met plenty of other people with similar net worth where I cannot say the same.
We must sit opposite, once you gain enough money to live your life freely, why would you keep grinding for glory. The world is now your playground. Travel, meet people, keep learning, keep discovering, and just spend time with your loved ones.
I don’t think he was chasing glory, but he did a bunch of stuff post-Apple. In addition to the things mentioned in the book passage Gruber quoted, he funded the Us festival because he loves music.
It's true most accomplished people will never catch lightening in a bottle twice. I think it's best to remember that runaway market success is largely not up to you so it's best to pursue something that's useful and authentic to you and something good will come of it.
For every Beyonce, there is an equally talented person who wasn't at the right place at the right time.
Probably feels a lot better than the opposite of spending your whole life hoping to achieve something and never feeling you quite did - always becoming and never being.
