Steve jobs truly was an icon of success, after his death, this picture became the definition
of Success. a lot of people who don’t really know Steve’s life in detail probably think
that everything for him was simple and easy therefore I cant achieve what he has achieved,
because I have got a lot of problems, I have college, family and tons of other responsibilities,
on the top of all of that I don’t have the financial support that steve had in order
to achieve what he has achieved, but that’s not true.
Steve wasn’t the child that his parents wanted therefore he was given up for adoption.
He grew up not knowing his parents, he was diagnosed with cancer for many years and was
kicked out from the company he has built. It certainly wasn’t easy for him, he could
have chose to live a normal simple life like everyone else, but despite all of these difficulties
he deiced to live a great life. so lesson number 1 - choose the life you want
to live.
its really hard to believe that the man who has built the most valueble company on earth
did not even have a college degree. we are often told that we have to get the highest
qualification possible but steve came and proved that someone only with a high school
cerficiate can achieve some of the greatest achievements in history. (waste lake video)
the point is not to drop out from college but a lot of students only focus on getting
the certificate, they only want to get that good grade or pass that test, forgetting that
the main purpose is to learn. Those piece of papers that are called certificates might
be helpful in your life to some extend but they won’t help you to achieve the heights
in your life. lesson number 2 - Certificates don’t matter
Microsoft has been dominating the PC market for years, Windows was the operation System
almost in every single computer that existed. it would be very rational to argue that its
impossible to beat microsoft and win large share of the market. Microsoft had almost
everything they needed to get rid of their competitors. they got all the money, all the
people and all the skills but that did not stop Steve to dream Big, To dream that he
will one day raise on the top of all of them, and he could do it.
Before iPhone, Nokia was dominating the market for years. Steve revolutionised the computer
industry , mobile industry, music industry and created a whole new industry - tablets.
Lesson number 3 - Dream Big
Sometimes looking at all of these giant companies, it seems impossible to compete with them or
create even something thats is close to this. it seems like apple has always been like this,
but it was not, it all started here
Its hard to believe that the worlds most valuable company started here , in this garage by high
school graduate Steve jobs and his school friend Steven Wozniak
I think what Steve is teaching us here is that if we wait until everything is going
to be perfect to start any project, we might never start it. Yes, there will always be
setbacks, you might not have enough time, enough money, the connections but you have
to start it somewhere, remember that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
thats exactly what Steve did. Lesson Number 4 - Start somewhere.
In his speech in Standaford University in 2005:
Steve jobs said quote : 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 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.”
“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.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking
you have something to lose.”
Lesson number 5 - Live everyday like it is your last -
imagine spending more than years building a company that you have always dreamed about.
Giving everyday of your life just to make it happen and then one day you come to work
and you get fired from the company that you have built. What could be more humiliating
than this?, how can you get fired from the company you started. This is probably the
most demotivating thing that could possibly happen. But Steve did not give up, he went
and created another 2 big companies, NeXT which later on was purchased by Apple and
Pixar. Instead of blaming life for being unfair to
him, he accepted the fact that you do not succeed until you fail.
Later on, when Apple purchased NeXT he could bacame again the CEO of Apple.
Lesson Number 6 - You only fail when you stop trying