Steve Jobs was a man of strength, intelligence, change … and all he wanted to mark was to reduce his personality. The features that allowed him to lead Apple for many years make him one of the most important companies in the world and in history. However, if there is something undeniable, that is to get everything you need to be a productive person and be able to plan. How has Steve Jobs done it?
Know it directly how Steve Jobs was able to plan his day, to the people around him and to the companies he was managing are complex in some way. Although it is true that throughout his life he shared a series of tips and tricks for production.
1. Get simple
Apple needs to stretch and minimalism This summary has been achieved because it is a mantra that has been repeated in the company for years and years. All of its products seek to provide easy use and avoid unnecessary ornamentation, going to the basics. This is part of the philosophy developed by Steve Jobs at this company. For Jony Ive, an Apple industrial designer, Jobs met her husband in the pursuit of things in an easy way.
Simplicity is not just a minimalist style, removing unnecessary features from any feature. For example, a 1997 quote by Steve Jobs revealed the following in terms of simplicity and productivity in the system:
How you get a product from programs does not expand the lines of code by program and date. That doesn't work. How you get a product from programs by removing the lines of code you have to write.
Applying a simple application at work is a lot more complicated than it looks, but ultimately it helps to have a clear mind and be able to focus on what's important. The trick is to find a way to solve problems with a little effort, because this is what you have to do go get rid of all the unnecessary until you have the basics. From there it builds.
2. Refuse 1,000 items
No, no and no. That has been all that Apple developers, designers and engineers heard from Steve Jobs when creating new products or delivering features that weren't relevant to existing ones. Related to simplicity, Steve Jobs he always made sure to reject ideas that were not good enough, that they were not perfect.
For example, with the introduction of the original iPod Steve Jobs explained that it was it really matters what they did and did not do. He said he was very proud of the items they had added to the product and the items they had decided not to add. As he said, innovation says no to 1,000 things.
We have to be careful when deciding to use this in our day to day, they often say they can seem disrespectful. You can't say no to a meeting like that, no matter how hard it may be and how long it takes you. But you can try to provide an alternative solution such as raising a meeting summary. Think before you make a decision, say no to adding something of value, give another way with a better focus … They are a variety of ways to say no, to increase productivity.
3. Submit tasks correctly
If we want to apply the previous rule of saying no to many things in life, no doubt some of them must be delegated, this is how one can look at something important (another rule we will see later). Steve Jobs did this at Apple during his presidency. Each task team had a specific manager who was clear about their work. and above all he was very much in charge of it. In this way Steve Jobs has taken on the responsibility of sharing responsibilities among its employees and, likewise, distributing smaller jobs to other subordinates. You have more details about this in & # 39; Creative Selection & # 39 ;, a book written by Ken Kocienda, a former Apple employee who worked on a few computers like the one that made the original iPhone.
The idea of all this especially being able to treat others properly. Both important and less important tasks should be given to the right people. For this to happen we must know exactly who we are delegating the work to and how much power that person has. The task should be communicated clearly, with simple instructions and explain what the expected outcomes and expectations are. It would also be interesting to request ongoing reports on how the process goes when it is a large and long-term project.
4. Live thinking about the future
Some of the rules that Steve Jobs have in mind have to do with it his view of things in time. For Steve Jobs, things had to be done considering the impact they would have on the future. When he introduced, for example, the original iPhone, he said it was going to be a phone that would change the world. To make such a statement you have to make sure that you have made a phone designed to change the world. The original iPhone was not intended for the time it was introduced, if they didn't think about the future we would have the iPhone with a virtual keyboard, with no apps and no touch screen. The iPhone was thought to think that it must be a future device that changed the world and how we interact with technology. And what if he got it.
Living for the future is not easy. We need to put things in context again be clear about the present and its limits applying this knowledge to future project thinking. From there, it is a question to ask what one decision or another may have on the outcome of the decision. If you want to establish and provide something useful, it is pointless to do things as usual without thinking of those who will use our products, those of the future.
5. Focus on the important things
We return to the idea of simplicity, this time with an anecdote. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997 he did so with the idea that the company was coming back. The company was on the ground and sales continued to decline. Why? Because there were so many products and types of these besides polished and well thought out products. What Steve Jobs did to clear the problem, it eliminated 70% of the products that Apple had built and focused on only four products.
How do we see here the law of "less is more" comes into effect. We have to prioritize what really interests us and brings real value. In order to be more productive, we must prioritize which activities we will focus on and devote more effort to those without interrupting our useless activities. For example, Steve Jobs uses this to focus on something important even in media statements.
6. Think differently
Apple's long slogan, think otherwise. What else could be included in this unknown? Those who think differently are the ones who change the world, says Apple's famous ad. We have seen this philosophy at Apple during Steve Jobs at Apple and after him. When making products, where they work, when they are alive. We see Apple as a company and its products today and they are, and are, unique.
To recreate this in our environment, to think differently about what we have already done, we have done as children. It is a skill we have lost over the years because we have shaped the environment in which we find ourselves. But as a child we are "girls", we have nothing to influence, which is why children often have clever ideas. "Think outside the box" This is often called, seeing things from another perspective puts a little effort. When we leave the comfort zone where we find ourselves and leave our thoughts free we can have very productive ideas.
7. Think and do what you love
Finally, what we are often told about and how difficult it is to achieve: commit to what we love, follow our passions. What does Steve Jobs like? Computers? Not at all His favorite creative activity, which required the interaction between technology and art to change the way people communicate.
The success of Steve Jobs and Apple It was because he suddenly realized that computers themselves were more human-like, or that having thousands of songs in the pocket was something people wanted, not that a mobile screen could be more useful than a single keyboard. Success has been achieved by providing products that allow people to interact in a unique, technology-friendly way. If Steve Jobs hadn't tried to do what he liked, those technical details and simplicity would not have seen them in the company's products. That's something for example Tim Cook also recommends.
The idea behind this is to have a career that brings value to our lives and therefore produces love. Work hard to make a positive impact on the world. It sounds like a common theme and a complicated thing, because we don't always have the opportunity to work on what we love and our work doesn't have to match and make us happy. However, trying different things and being patient is important in getting the call. And if not, try to give you a different approach to what we already do to love it a bit. It's fascinating how much we produce.
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