Farewell Steve Jobs

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Today Steve Jobs dominated headlines again in televisions, newspapers, radio, and the internet but this time it’s not a good news especially for Apple and Pixar fans. He died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 56. Steve Jobs is Apple’s co-founder and was forced to resign as CEO due to his medical condition. His creative mind has revolutionized the way we do our personal and business lives at this age. He was very instrumental in building Apple into a massive $350 billion juggernaut.

Tributes around the world are flowing in and Steve Jobs is being hailed as “one of the greatest creative minds of his generation,” “creative genius,” an “inspiring mentor” and saying his impact “will be felt for many generations to come.”

Farewell Steve Jobs. You are truly an inspiration. Thank you for touching our lives and the lives of the coming generations!

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford University Commencement Address

Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. 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. – Steve Jobs

Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer. (Steve Jobs, Wikipedia)

Steve Jobs Quotes

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. Steve Jobs

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

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. Steve Jobs

Design is not just what it looks like. Design is how it works. Steve Jobs

I think we’re having fun. I think our customers really like our products. And we’re always trying to do better. 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

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

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. Steve Jobs

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. Steve Jobs

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. Steve Jobs

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. Steve Jobs