New Delhi, Sept. 2 -- The story of Steve Jobs is usually told the same way: the bold innovator, the relentless perfectionist, the man who stepped onto a stage and shifted the course of technology again and again.

But as his life neared its end, while he was fighting cancer, his focus wasn't on the next groundbreaking idea. Instead, he was reflecting on everything already created-the countless contributions that made his own life possible.

In the final weeks before his death on October 5, 2011, Jobs opened his iPad and typed out an email. The addressee? Himself. It wasn't a business plan, nor a blueprint for the future-it was a deeply personal meditation, one he never intended anyone else to see. Thanks to the Steve Jobs Archive, launche...