The Design by Steve Jobs It is one of the hallmarks of vitality. Activities empowered him with two simple techniques: walking and meditation. Both allow you to clear your mind and allow you to refresh your thoughts, putting our busy daily lives on hold.
The famous departure of Steve Jobs
The anecdotes in which Steve Jobs appears traveling, traveling alone or in company, are numerous. When interviewing prospective employees at Apple, the ride time was a clear indication that it was worth it. It went on for a long time, many opportunities the future employee had. Probably because the actual conversation was fun for Apple's founder.
In the official biography of Steve Jobs, its author Walter Isaacson recalls inviting him to speak at the conference. Jobs refused, even though he said he would go with her they would walk and talk. Isaacson said:
Little did he know that taking the long walk was his preferred way of having a serious conversation. It turned out that he wanted me to write his autobiography.
At the time, Isaacson thought that Jobs' request for a walk was "unusual." However, it was something that was already known to his friends, staff and people he knew. One of them, named Robert Friedland, it also reminds you of walking barefoot on campus the company.
A barefoot walk was common in his teen years. Exactly as a way to rebel and communicate with your spirituality.
Travel and take a trip as a way to get creative
All good ideas were taken with the move – Friedrich Nietzsche.
The fact is that Steve Jobs used his passengers as a way to do it inquiring mind. One of his friends who used to walk was Jony Ive. Yes collect novel ideas, commenting on fun things or releasing creativity. This was confirmed by a study conducted by Stanford University in California.
Testing the benefits of taking a trip over skill In this study, four trials were performed on 185 people. Participants were asked to complete different tasks while staying temporarily and some after traveling. Specifically, the tests were as follows:
- Experiment 1: Participants completed the tests sitting on the floor while on tape.
- Test 2: they complete the tests in three ways, first while sitting and then after walking; to go and stay; i live twice.
- Experiment 3: trials were completed by external walking.
- Create your first workbook Exercise 4: separate the effect of walking without the effect of physical movement, allowing participants to walk in a wheelchair or on foot.
The conclusion was that 81%, 88%, 100% and 100% of participants participated in each experiment respectively they develop their creativity as they go along. It doesn't matter much to do inside the building or outside. And there's not a lot of busy and crowded, for example, walking on campus at the university.
Stanford University demonstrated in 2014 that taking a walk will greatly enhance a person's creative ability
It is almost certain that Steve Jobs knew what the consequences of going over creative ability were. Certainly one of his "weapons" to address important issues. Now we have one reason to wear the Apple Watch blue ring daily.
Meditation, another secret weapon of Steve Jobs
From a young age, Steve Jobs was attracted to meditation Zen. This type of meditation comes from the Buddha as well:
It involves observing and letting go of the thoughts and feelings that arise in the depths of the mind, as well as the development of the knowledge of the body and mind.
Through prolonged training, Job developed a series of qualities she marks her whole life. The first was to develop the courage to follow her own feelings. As he said in a famous Stanford speech:
Individual time is limited. Don't waste trying to live another person's life. Make sure the sound of someone else's voice does not include that of your inner voice. The most important thing is to have the courage to follow your own mind and understanding. You already know what your mind and thoughts are looking for. Everything else is second nature.
At work, the time devoted to meditation is time where he met his true self. The second quality is simplicity. Again, in the history of Jobs:
Activism and concentration were obvious skills. First, he prioritized and then focused on paying attention to distractions. When something attracted his attention, he focused on it without delay. It does not add any buttons to make the machine easier, remove tasks to make the software easier, remove options and simplify the interface. He believed that his ability to focus and his ease were related to his Zen meditation.
He trained himself with respect to his feeling and taught himself to sort out all the distractions and unnecessary things to develop the aesthetics of minimalism.
This is something that can be seen in all Apple pieces and software. No doubt the simplicity of apples products They have endured after their deaths. Third is that it is not common, it always wants to break the standard mold. He believed that as people grew, they often fall into the kind of pre-set routes. As vinyl fans, we find it difficult to escape from it. Activities used meditation to escape that often creating new lifestyles.
Between a meditation and meditation walk, Steve Jobs had two powerful weapons With it to change the world. And he got it several times throughout his life.
