Wednesday, October 05, 2011

You will be missed!

The world is at a loss of words. Steve Jobs will continue to be an inspiration for many including me. Here are some of his best quotes.

“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” [NBC Nightly News, May 2006]

“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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

"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." [Stanford commencement speech, June 2005]

"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.” Steve Jobs [The Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993]

And a few more links worth reading:

Steve Job's Patents
"He changed the way movies are made, the way music is sold, the way stories are told, the very way we interact with the world around us. He helped us work, and gave us new ways to play." ~ Article by Gizmodo
Steve Jobs, Apple’s Visionary 
WSJ
Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

Steve Jobs’s Appearances at All Things Digital conferences

I have watched this video of the Stanford commencement speech where Steve Jobs urged graduates to pursue their dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks - including death itself. I'm sure I will watch it many more times. "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."



Thank you Steve for everything!



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