Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple died yesterday at the age of 56 from pancreatic cancer. The lesson of his life for all is finding what you love. "You have to trust in something-- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has made all the difference in my life," he said at the 2005 Stanford commencement. He started Apple, was fired by its board of directors, still loved what he was doing and life took him back to Apple. He didn't lose faith. From that same speech:
...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.
Here is the rest of that speech:
I was first introduced to Apple when as a Reading Specialist for the Detroit Public Schools I was part of the team that introduced the very first computers to the schools. We trained specially to open those new boxes full of equipment and installed one in each school and then trained the teacher on how to use them. Fast forward to today, I now refer to my Macs as my "significant others."
Many thanks, Steve, for everything, but especially your vision that is an inspiration.
And as I heard on NPR today, there are three apples that have changed the world: Eve's, Newton's and Steve Jobs.
