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The world is mourning. Steve Jobs died. Apple stores were immediately
covered with flowers, candles and messages from his fans. I used to show him as
role model to my colleagues, as he was able to build a Company that is thriving
to go for more than only money.
Jobs was half a
genius, half an artist. He managed to connect the technical world with the art.
He managed to change the angle in which personal computers, mobile phones,
music or animated film are viewed. As an outstanding visionary, he was the
author of more than 300 patents himself, he was behind the success of iPhones,
iPods and iPads. He has built the most valuable Company in the world with a
salary of only 1 dollar per year.
Dylan and
Picasso were his icons, he admired them for refusal to stand still, for choosing
their own way. They always wanted to further develop themselves, they kept
risking failure. Same as Steve Jobs. He himself gave in the 80th his voice to
the TV ad, in which he encouraged people to think differently. He believed,
that “Because
the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the
ones who do.” He wanted to sell
experiences, not products.
Jobs was thrilled by revolutionary changes. He once said: “Because they are harder. They’re more stressful emotionally. And you
usually go through a period where everybody tells you that you’ve completely
failed.”
Jobs tried to
protect his privacy until last minute. This did not stop him however to become
the face of a company, which he together with Steve Wozniak founded in 1976,
and to which he returned after forced break in 1997, to prevent it from
possible bankruptcy. Jobs was the one who managed to pass his passion for Apple
total experience to others, to engage others to become part of one big cult
family, named Apple.
Jobs had big
visions. He wanted to do a ding in the Universe. He wanted be the best. Anytime,
anywhere. He managed to succeed despite his misfortune. Despite the fact that
he was not wanted by his parents, despite starving during his University days
from lack of money (having one warm meal per week in the Hare Krishna), despite
the fact that he was fired from a Company he himself founded, or as well
despite his non-curable pancreatic cancer. Each time he was able to put himself
together, used setbacks to strengthen self and continued with even bigger drive
and passion the journey to fight for his dream.
Jobs experienced
what it takes to be publicly cursed or exalted. His last decade was the most
fruitful for him. He became the icon. Maybe because he realized that he is
mortal. Maybe because he was able to finally deal with his past, when he denied
paternity of his daughter, when he did not finish the university, when he tested
the LSD drug or when he refused to pay deserved bonus to his friend Wozniak.
He did not care
much about others most of the time when he went for his goal. In his desire to
be perfect, he used to be tough not only towards himself, but also towards his
employees and business partners. He did not mind to wake them up from bed in
the middle of the night and ask them to immediately rework things. But when you
are a genius, the world does not judge you the same way. The best professionals
followed him with passion anyhow.
Would it be possible for Steve Jobs to change the
world and stand aside the world inventors like Henry Ford or Thomas Edison, if
he did not went through so many failures? Would he be able to realize, that he
has to live every single day fully, when he would not feel the end of his life
is approaching?
Maybe his authorized
biography, which is going to be published already on October 24th (and
most probably will be also showed in a feature film by Sony) will reveal more
things. Jobs has allowed Walter Isaacson to get closer to him. He wanted his
children to understand his motives, and why he was not there for them when they
needed him most. Jobs tried to unveil his personal life mission to them as well
as to the Stanford´s students:
„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, heart and intuition. They
somehow already know what you truly want to become.“
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For more quotes from Steve Jobs - Please refer to my older blog: Steve Jobs´ Most Relevant Quotes You Never Dare To Forget
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