Other than Bill Gates, Steve Jobs (incidentally, they were partners when they were still carving a name for themselves in the Silicon Valley) is one of the CEOs and successful entrepreneurs I admired the most. When he was diagnosed with a rare pancreatic cancer, instead of retiring at the comfort of his amass wealth, he decided to stay at the helm of Apple and Pixar.
But like any other human beings, and in spite of the latest medical technology, he had to slow down and take that needed rest. And mind you, when he announced early this year about his leave of absence due to health reasons, Apple’s stock dipped by 6%. Last week, for the first time since 1997, Steve Jobs was not present on Apple’s shareholders' meeting. One of the pressing agenda is whether he will still be Apple’s captain.
I’m sorry if I digressed there a bit.
Steve Jobs on Resiliency in Joblessness and Loving What You Do
Many are still losing their jobs. Many businesses are losing their steam, and some have already close shop. I wonder how Steve Jobs would think and react if he was among those? Unfortunately, he was on the same predicament many years back:
“I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”
Steve Jobs on Living a Purposeful Life
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Steve Jobs’ Challenge to Stanford’s 2005 Graduates: Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish!
Read the full text of Steve Jobs' speech here.
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Subscribe toThis is probably one of my favorites video. I have read and re-read Steve Job's Commencement Address to Stanford University and in fact I have posted his 3 stories and this video at my own site too. The part that captures me especially is what you have posted also, "Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
^ ^ It's great to find like-minded individuals on the net BK.
If I may paraphrase that (many years back, Jobs said this too in a nutshell):
"Why join the navy, when you can be a pirate!"
So, true.
Each has a potential of succeeding and becoming great in any field if only if one learns the path finding their own goals and dreams rather than copying someone else's.
Cheers and have a great weekend to you BK!
Wonderful post. Steve Jobs words of wisdom should be read by everyone. Hopefully, those of us who admire him can help by sending him our good wishes and prayers.
Thank you Sandra. ^^
Yeah. I hope he gets well soon.
hey! dropping by for the 1st time ^^
steve jobs is a very capable man :D