Friday, October 21, 2011

Steve Jobs

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/steve-jobs-through-the-years-2/?pid=2412&viewall=true

“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. 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, at a Stanford University commencement ceremony in 2005.

“People don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

“'I was in the parking lot [after the lecture], with the key in the car,” Jobs said. “I thought to myself, If this is my last night on earth, would I rather spend it at a business meeting or with this woman? I ran across the parking lot, asked her if she'd have dinner with me. She said yes, we walked into town and we've been together ever since.''

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