The effect of the news on the death of Steve Jobs, Apple company’s iconic founder, can hardly be unnoticed as it was covered extensively by practically all media outlets from tv, print, radio, and the Internet.
People who may not have been that informed of the personality and life of Steve Jobs have become engrossed with the story of the man who started Apple, the company that started the first personal computer.
Though he is already a legend, Steve Jobs, following his death, has become more so.
Amidst the cacophony of praises poured into the persona of Jobs, the man who was behind the creations of iPod, iPhone, and iPad, Steve Jobs’ story of his early life is a tremendously interesting case study of human triumph over adversity.
Jobs was abandoned by his parents and he grew up as an adopted child. Despite not being raised in an environment where his true parents were around to give him love and attention, he transformed himself into a productive and creative member of society, scarcely looking back at his past.
Many of us would try to blame our past, our poverty, our early beginning in life for our failures in the present. We point to our past as an excuse why we are not succeeding in life. But Jobs looked at life in an entirely different way. The past did not matter to him. He instead departed from the conventions of our time and made a difference in a society that had shown hostility to unorthodox pattern of thinking.
Jobs, a college dropout, started Apple company at the age of 21, an age where most young people are still searching for the right direction in life. When the company he himself had groomed to become a giant tech firm, Apple fired Jobs. Then Jobs started another company named Pixar, the all-too-familiar animation company behind many children-favorite films.
His subsequent return to Apple was a stunning turning point of the company. The rest is history. Today Apple is the most valued company in the world slightly behind Exxon Mobil, the oil giant.
As the world continues to dig into the story of a rare human being, it may be fitting to reflect on some of Jobs’ best quoted words. The following quotations have been carefully selected to best represent the mental framework of an extremely genius, creative man.
“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
“My job is not to be easy on people. My jobs is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.”
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”
“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
People who may not have been that informed of the personality and life of Steve Jobs have become engrossed with the story of the man who started Apple, the company that started the first personal computer.
Though he is already a legend, Steve Jobs, following his death, has become more so.
Amidst the cacophony of praises poured into the persona of Jobs, the man who was behind the creations of iPod, iPhone, and iPad, Steve Jobs’ story of his early life is a tremendously interesting case study of human triumph over adversity.
Jobs was abandoned by his parents and he grew up as an adopted child. Despite not being raised in an environment where his true parents were around to give him love and attention, he transformed himself into a productive and creative member of society, scarcely looking back at his past.
Many of us would try to blame our past, our poverty, our early beginning in life for our failures in the present. We point to our past as an excuse why we are not succeeding in life. But Jobs looked at life in an entirely different way. The past did not matter to him. He instead departed from the conventions of our time and made a difference in a society that had shown hostility to unorthodox pattern of thinking.
Jobs, a college dropout, started Apple company at the age of 21, an age where most young people are still searching for the right direction in life. When the company he himself had groomed to become a giant tech firm, Apple fired Jobs. Then Jobs started another company named Pixar, the all-too-familiar animation company behind many children-favorite films.
His subsequent return to Apple was a stunning turning point of the company. The rest is history. Today Apple is the most valued company in the world slightly behind Exxon Mobil, the oil giant.
As the world continues to dig into the story of a rare human being, it may be fitting to reflect on some of Jobs’ best quoted words. The following quotations have been carefully selected to best represent the mental framework of an extremely genius, creative man.
“I was worth over $1,000,000 when I was 23, and over $10,000,000 when I was 24, and over $100,000,000 when I was 25, and it wasn’t that important because I never did it for the money.”
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
“My job is not to be easy on people. My jobs is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better.”
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.”
“We don’t get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? And we’ve all chosen to do this with our lives. So it better be damn good. It better be worth it.”
“Almost everything–all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure–these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
