Steve Jobs died in October 2011, just days after the launch of the iPhone 4s. Six years earlier, Jobs gave one of his finest speeches. In his own words, he has become the most well-known Apple founder when he talks about health, love, loss and death.
All in all, it's a strange way of thinking and being creative. Here we collect the keys for Steve Jobs lecture at Stanford University in 2005.
1. In life, points connect backwards
Steve Jobs begins his fictional story that deals with the issues that shape our lives. According to him, They can only join if we look back and we see how we went. One where each stage was required to get to the next one until you reached your destination.
This is how he narrates his time at the university. In addition to choosing the commitment their stepfather received from Job's biological mother. He graduated from Reed College in 1972, where he recently dropped out of his studies. He did not go to university, but continued for several important months in his later life.
Points can only be linked if we look back on life, never go forward
When he stopped taking compulsory classes, Jobs started getting into those he liked. One of them was calligraphy, where he studied information, history, diversity and creativity behind the fonts. Learning with no practical application in the real world. That is, until he created Apple.
With the development of the first Macintosh, this information goes back to the head of Steve Jobs presenting his writing classes. In his words, they were the first computer to have good fonts. Of course, don't forget to throw a little dart at Microsoft:
And since Windows was mimicking it on a Mac, it is likely that no computer owned them.
And with this, he recounts and realizes just how important that seemingly useless course was to a decade later. It's impossible, he says, connect the points forward. But their influence is undeniable if you look back.
2. You have to find what you love at all costs
In the next part of his speech, Steve Jobs talks about love and loss. He mentions the chapter where he met John Sculley without mentioning him directly, but to clarify that he was fired from Apple after an argument with him
Again, looking back, Steve Jobs realizes that his dismissal from Apple was the best thing that could have happened to him. It allowed him to free himself from the burden of a great organization which I'm not ready to direct. And he opened the doors to three great meetings: find Perry, create NEXT and meet his future wife, Laurene Powell.
Job had received his best wishes and was unwilling to leave after Apple's bid. That's the way it was with Perry and made it the most successful animation studio in the world. Sche the answer in the production of her first story, Story Tale, it was necessary and resulted in him winning many awards. Including an Oscar for Special Achievement.
Getting to know his wife Laurene, discovering and transforming the animated world with Perry and turning the computer world permanently with NEXT would not have been possible without his expulsion from Apple
In NEXT he decided to go into the teaching and business market with powerful computers. Although sales failed, its focus-based program was really good. A few Apple employees are brought to the company in addition to others which will be key. One of them was Craig Federighi, which is currently the company's SVP Software.
And Apple eventually acquired NEXT for $ 429 million, an acquisition that aims to make the company's old system work. Beyond the movement, Jobs brought his whole team
Jobs recounts these episodes of his life and realizes that none of that had happened If I had not been fired.
3. Death is the best lesson in life
Remember we are going to die soon, it is the most important tool I have found to make the most important decisions of my life.
Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You're already naked. There is no reason to follow your heart.
This is probably reading that had a profound impact on your life. The death of a person as a motivating factor. Focusing on the important things in life and leaving behind. Live one's life instead of anyone else's.
Perhaps this was the reason why Job was so determined. That sometimes sounded trivial. It can be explained in that concern by doing the important things, leaving all the gains. Something we also noticed when they talked about his famous walk and that if someone didn't like him, he would do what he was doing then.
Knowing that our time in the world is limited should not serve as a means be bold or foolish. But as a way of knowing how to manage it the best way. This may be the reason that Jobs can achieve such a great history at only 56 years old.
