It will be all about Steve Jobs for this month in the media, at least in the tech media. Or should I say, one month of tribute to Steve Jobs. It’s not an overstatement he had touched so many people’s lives that everyone has something to say. Analysts, writers, anyone who ever worked with him or knew him are now pouring in their writings and thoughts about Steve Jobs, from insiders’ stories to inspirational writings. Isn’t that typical we always recap or reflect on a person after he/she passed us by??? I am hence inspired to do my writing.
I personally think it was very brilliant of him bringing his products to everyone’s homes and therefore his influence on people’s lives. He read quotes. I admire him for the way he lived and died. I like him for his being a Zen Buddhist, for being honest with who he was.
The statement “People loved Jobs not because he didn’t make mistakes – but because he learned from them.” brought me back to my previous post re: “Also part of my credo“.
BNET has a few good articles on Steve Jobs’ business skills and lessons we can all learn from. A good analysis by Margaret Heffernan, 6 lessons leared from Steve Jobss. , truly brings out good points on Steve’s management style.
Erik Sherman’s Steve Jobs and His Magical Business Decisions delivers a good recap of what it took for Jobs to be successful.
Since we are committed to continued learning, it is worth re-educating ourselves these key lessons or qualities:
- Be open to change .
- Courage is the only choice.
- Focus also means you have to pick carefully.
- Don’t give up.
- Work on principle.
- When its time to change, make a smart decision and a bold move.
- Trust is a must in relationships.
- It’s tough to start over again, but sometimes it’s the only way to move ahead.
- A little quiet mutiny never hurt.
- The ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.
- Its not just the design – sleek, chic but minimalistic. It’s also the functionality.
- Think different.
I believe we can draw some lessons learned from his life experiences, or can relate ourselves to him in certain ways. It ‘s called “the law of attraction”, or “like minds think alike”. The last paragraph of the “6 lessons learned..” article really hits home:
The lessons we could learn from Steve Jobs aren’t all that remarkable. Many of them contain wisdom that we already know — we just don’t apply it. Why not? Is it that we lack courage? Or is it that we find it hard to believe that tenets so simple can prove so effective? Surely that’s the moral of the Apple story: there is genius in simplicity. But simple is hard.
My job is to not be easy on people. My job is to make them better. My job is to … take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better, coming up with more aggressive visions of how it could be.
On last note, I enjoy this musical piece “We all are Steve” as a tribute to him.
