Words from Mr. Jobs.
Steve Jobs, he’s been the talk of the media for the past few days (aside from Hurricane Irene). To many of us, he is just the guy “who created the iPod”, but he has certainly had a much larger effect on society and how we consume media. For the music biz, he virtually created a model and system (that was efficient!) to monetize music in the digital world. Tonight I was on Facebook and I saw a friend’s post about Mr. Jobs and his health issues. TMZ has a rough looking picture of him on their website. It was kinda shocking. In case you aren’t aware, he has been battling cancer for some time now and received a liver transplant. Anyways, I got to digging up the latest news about Jobs leaving Apple and came across an inspiring article on the Harvard Business Review. Mostly everything else was about the future of Apple and it’s ability to innovate, but this was one different. I wanted to share a few of it’s points with you guys. I feel like we can all take away something great from someone who is an excellent leader and innovator. Regardless of what you do in life, a little extra push & drive never hurts.
I hope you enjoy.
- Wes
Quote from Jobs while addressing a graduating class at Stanford University.
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”
Other things to think about:
• Have you found “what you love” to do in life?
• Are you wasting your life “living someone else’s?”
• Do you “have the courage to follow your heart and intuition?”
• Are you nurturing a “great relationship,” one that “just gets better and better as the years roll on?”
• Do you tell “your kids everything you thought you’d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months” or days?
• Do you make “sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family” when “the single best invention of Life” takes its toll?
• Do you say “your goodbyes” before it’s too late to say them?
