The recent departure of Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO has shocked the world.
At age 56, Steve Jobs lost his battle to pancreatic cancer. The same man who revolutionized our way of life with cutting edge technology that took the world by storm. The Macintosh, Iphone, Itunes, Ipad.. leaves us to wonder where Apple can go from here without its visionary leader, one of the world greatest innovator.
Steve Jobs changed our lives and our perceptions. In the past, when we see the word apple, we think of the fruit. Now, we think computers, notebooks, smartphones and the most valuable company in the world.
My facebook is flooded with tweets of friends mourning the loss of Steve Jobs. RIP they say, thank you Steve Jobs - the others ranted.
Is it only when we passed on that people realised our contributions, impact, goodness or in some cases, our mere existence?
Some of my favourite golden lessons from Steve Jobs:
"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.”
“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 other’s 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.”
“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.”
"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because 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."
Goodbye Steve Jobs.
