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1955-2011
When Steve Jobs was alive and well, I didn’t pay attention to the side of him that was filled with obvious wisdom. I am sharing a few of his thoughts on death, money, motivation and focus. The quotes on death are my favorite ones, and an important reminder for us all.
“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.” — Steve Jobs.
“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
“People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully.”
“I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.”
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
“That’s been one of my mantras — focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
“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.”
I never thought about him much myself but his words resonate so strongly with me and am sad he is gone, it’s just a pity we never appreciate people when they are with us, we just miss them so much when they are gone.
Veeh, I agree. It’s good to learn to not take anything for granted in life, this I have learned as I have moved along my life’s journey.
Thank you for sharing those wonderful insights from Steve Jobs.
Thanks, Janet. It’s nice to see that in this world we have human beings from all walks in life who have that inner wisdom and sense of appreciation for life.
What a terrific collection of wisdom. Thanks, Sufi.
R.I.P. Steve
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This was a wonderful post! Very nicely done 🙂
Thanks, for reading and commenting. 🙂
I don’t listen to others about the rumors or negativity so this is a great dedication to Steve Jobs, I admire him. It is sad that his illness got the best of him in his final days. Thanks for always being my friend, for stopping at my blog too. Bless you!!~!Jackie
Jackie, You are such a warm, talented person! I wish you success! Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comments.
Marie 🙂