I do stuff. I respond to stuff. That’s not a career — it’s a life!
—Steve Jobs
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…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.
—Steve Jobs
Topics: Past, Pride, Change, Death, Life, Best, Fear, Thinking, Failure
Here’s to the ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules or the status quo… They push humankind forward.
—Steve Jobs
Innovation is usually the result of connections of past experiences–and luck. But if you have the same experiences as everybody else, you’re unlikely to look in a different direction.
—Steve Jobs
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
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.
—Steve Jobs
Topics: Best, Death, Sin, Life, People
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.
—Steve Jobs
Topics: Time
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.
—Steve Jobs
Topics: Time
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.
—Steve Jobs
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
—Steve Jobs
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
—Steve Jobs
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.
—Steve Jobs
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