STEVE JOBS

Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, Inc.  He's an amazing guy.  He founded that company with others in 1970's and was forced to leave in 1984.  He came back years later and has led the company through it's best years.  He has many attributes which make him successful but, I think the major one is, that he can envision what people will want.  You see, it doesn't do much good to invent something if people don't find a need for it.  People can't tell you what they want you to invent.  You must have a special vision.  Millions have found the need for Apple computers, iPods, iPhones and iPads.

Here is a quotation taken from a speech he made at the commencement ceremonies of Stanford University, 2005.  It suits my thinking.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

“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. 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.” 

:-)