Saturday, January 24, 2009

Stay on Job, Steve

He is an amazing guy, this Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. Steve Jobs. What an inspiration, his words. Jobs, who had successful surgery for a rare form of pancreatic cancer in 2004, had said he would remain CEO while seeking a "simple" treatment for a hormone imbalance.
He then said recently he would take medical leave in June, after learning that his health problems were "more complex" than he originally thought.
Here are just four quotations of his I am sure you will enjoy reading. They are inspiration tonic.
* 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."
* 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 other's 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."
* There's a phrase in Buddhism, 'Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind."
* I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.

7 comments:

VIVEK said...

yeah me too hoping that Steve becomes raring fit and fine.

Sai Charan said...
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Jayashree and Just Jay said...

Good Good, yes his words are very inspiring...

Vinisha said...

I like the 2nd quote about not living someone else's life. Leads me onto some introspection I was already doing

Tantra Flower said...

Very inspiring quotes indeed. He's a remarkable person.

humanobserver said...

Those quotes were really excellent...

Soul Searcher said...

Nice quotes. Not living some one else's life, liking what you do and tirelessly looking for waht you like if you have not found it already.

Quite a collection of gems.