On 5-Oct was the second anniversary
of the death of former Apple CEO, Steve Jobs. Not only is he known as a
technological genius, but also Steve Jobs was famous for inspiring the world’s
admiration. Let’s go through some of the most memorable speeches of this
legendary technologist:
1.
Speaking about computer
Computers operate in a simple way, that is: you just need to
add two numbers together and get a larger number. But the magic of the
computer’s computing speed is that it can do up to 1 million calculations per
second. (Playboy, February 1, 1985)
2.
Speaking of Design
It
is difficult to design a product for a group. In many cases, they don’t know
what they want until you show them what they need (Business Week, May 25, 1998)
3.
The trick to attract talent
Do
you want to spend the rest of your life selling soft drinks, or do you want a
chance to change the world?
Steve
Jobs said this to persuade John
Sculley, who was then Director of Marketing
for Pepsi, to become
Apple CEO in 1985.
4.
Speaking of good design
This
is one of my mantras: focus and simplicity. A simple design is much more
difficult to make than a complex design. You have to work harder to get such
designs. However, everything has its price; if you succeed, you can do
everything. (Business Week, May 25, 1998)
5.
Speaking about the concept of live
Becoming
the richest man, and then going to the coffin does not make sense to me… Going
to sleep after having done great things, that’s what I really care about (Wall Street Journal, May 25, 1993)
6.
Speaking about his role in Apple
This
is not a catwalk. The identity created by this company is: One, there are so
many talented people working at Apple and the world is ready to decry them in a
few years, but they always believe in what they do. Of course, they are not
losers. What they lack is a good leader and a clear plan. But now they have
what they need when it comes to Apple. (Business Week, May 25, 1998)
7.
Proud of its products
Playboy
asked: Do you think that the other PC manufactures do not have pride in their
products?
Jobs
relied: If they are not proud, they could not do it. (Playboy, February 1, 1985).
8.
Confidence in the future
you can’t foresee the future, but always move towards it. You need to have faith in anything from destiny, life… Confidence has never let me down, and it has completely changed my life. (Speaking at the university in June 2005)
you can’t foresee the future, but always move towards it. You need to have faith in anything from destiny, life… Confidence has never let me down, and it has completely changed my life. (Speaking at the university in June 2005)
9.
Speaking about working
Work
will get all time in your life and the only way to be really comfortable with what
you believe in is doing great work. And the only way to do great work is to
love it. If you have not found a suitable job, continue searching. And just
like other great relationship, your life will be better and better overtime. So
do not stop until you find it. (Speech at Stanford University in June 2005)
10. Speaking
about the importance of death
No
one wants to die; even the people who want to go to heaven do not want to die
to get there. Death is the ultimate thing that we face; no one can escape it.
However, death is perhaps the most wonderful invention of life. It is the
change agent, which deletes old stuff to make way for new things. Now this is
something new for you, of course, in the future we will all grow old and will
be gradually removed. Sorry if this is sad, but it’s true. (Speech at Stanford University in
June 2005).
11.
Don’t stop thinking
I think if you are doing something and
it is growing well, you should do something wonderful. You should arranged what’s
next happened. (NBC Nightly News, May 2006)
HoaLe
HoaLe
