“Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs,” President Obama said last Wednesday. “Steve was among the greatest of American innovators — brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world and talented enough to do it.”

Obama is right: Jobs was one of the greatest innovators, and businessmen, in American history. But while we all take a moment to celebrate his life, there are at least three lessons Obama could learn rom Jobs’ accomplishments.