Born in San Francisco, California, on February
24, 1955, to Abdulfattah John and Schieble.
From being adopted by uneducated couples Paul
and Clara Jobs, to becoming a billionaire
and one of the world’s most famous entrepreneurs,
Steve Jobs definitely has some secrets that
made him hugely successful.
But wait!
Why are some people very successful in life
when most other people fail?
It must be because successful people know,
think and do certain things which other people
don’t.
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In this video, we bring to you; Steve Jobs’
7 secrets of success.
By secrets, we mean what he knows, thinks
and does that makes him very successful.
Try to watch to the end of this video because
Secret No. 6 can change your life completely.
SECRET NO.1
Follow Your Passion
On June 12, 2005 While giving a speech at
the Stanford University, Steve Job advised
the young student;
“Your work is going to fill a large part
of your life, and the only way to be truly
satisfied is to do what you believe is great
work.
And the only way to do great work is to love
what you do”
In 2013, Forbes magazine reported on the poll,
saying “work is more often a source of frustration
than fulfillment for nearly 90% of the world’s
workers.”
There are many studies which have put the
percentage of people who hate their jobs between
80-92%.
We should all cry and mourn because more than
80% of adults in our world hate Mondays to
Fridays.
Ummmm (tone of mourning).
Young people!
Do all you can to live your live doing what
you truly have passion for.
This will make you a happy man and as well
make you succeed faster because you’ll be
able to put all your heart into your work.
SECRET NO.2
Say No to a Thousand Things, keep Your Focus.
In 1997, when Steve returned to Apple, Apple
was close to bankruptcy.
He took 300 products and condensed them to
10, within a two-year period.
Steve recognized that a truly successful company
has to focus on its top strengths and let
everything else go.
Remember The pareto’s 80/20 rules.
Most of the things we waste time on don’t
matter.
Either in your business or personally life,
you must be able to identify the 20% activities,
products or efforts that brings in 80% of
the results and concentrate on Big stuffs
alone.
Learn how to say no to little things.
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SECRET NO.3
Don’t Be Scared By Death.
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went
something like: “If you live each day as
if it was your last, someday you’ll most
certainly be right.”
Steve Job said after he first survived pancreatic
cancer.
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is
the most important tool I’ve ever encountered
to help me make the big choices in life”.
Job said.
Guess what the number one cause of life’s
failure is?
You got it!
Fear.
Fear.
Fear.
So many people in our world have been imprisoned
by fear.
Unfortunately, the only thing to fear is fear
itself.
Young people, your life is shorter than you
think it is.
Just before you know it, you’ll be old and
weak.
Now that you’re young, fight hard.
Get off the normal road.
Go into the bush and create a road there.
It’s better you die young trying great things
than to live long as a failure.
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SECRET NO.4
Identify with the kings, to get the king’s
honour.
In Apple’s early days, Steve recognized
that Palo Alto, California was the epicenter
of innovative computer technology.
Steve wanted his company to be associated
with this place – but Apple was still headquartered
out of a garage in nearby Los Altos.
Jobs’ solution was to set up a P.O.Box in
Palo Alto and hire a voice answering service.
A potential client would get the impression
that Apple was a big company in the heart
of Silicon Valley – even though the truth
was that it was still just two sweaty guys
in a garage across town
SECRET NO.5
Surround Yourself with Great Players
Throughout Steve’s life, he chose people
he is willing to partner his life with.
He weeded people that are not contributing
to his success out if they were there - until
they weren't.
You'll never be perfect at it and neither
was Steve but the key thing is that bozos
sap energy from you and the best people in
the company working with you.
Bozos make bozo decisions.
Bozos hire worse bozos beneath them.
Stamp them out.
Don't let them take root around you.
Although Steve Jobs was tough on his employees,
he always strived to only have the “A”
players on his team.
When he was creating the first Mac he constantly
was focused on bringing the best talent to
the team in order to make the best product.
He knew that “A” players wanted to work
with “A” players and that it would draw
more and more talented people to his company.
(pause)
SECRET NO.6
When Life Hits You, Fire Back.
(Welcome, this is the secret of success we
promised will change your life)
You see, one of the worst things to happen
to Jobs was his-very public-dismissal from
Apple In 1984, 10 years after he co-founded
the company.
To add to the humiliation, the board fired
him at the behest of Jon Sculley, an executive
Jobs himself had recruited and hired.
Steve didn’t fall back from his technology
passion instead he fell forward by starting
over a new Company (NeXT and Pixar), things
that would never have happened if he hadn’t
been fired.
And then Apple figured out it needed him after
all, and brought him back by purchasing NeXT.
If you’re young as you watch this video,
you might have a hope of the smooth future.
It won’t happen, I’m sorry.
Hahahah,…
If you live long enough, you’ll be hit (sometimes
very hard) by life.
This won’t be because you’re unfortunate.
It’s just because you’re human.
You must be strong and be determined to fight
through whatever life brings on your way.
SECRET NO.7
Demand the Best from People and You’ll Get
it.
One day Jobs complained to Larry Kenyon (the
engineer of the Macintosh OS) that it was
taking too long to boot up.
Kenyon explained why reducing the boot-up
time wasn’t possible, but Jobs cut him off:
“If it would save a person’s life, could
you find a way to shave 10 seconds off the
boot time?”.
He then showed on a whiteboard that if the
Mac had five million users and it took 10
seconds extra to turn it on every day, that
added up to 300 million or so hours a year
— the equivalent of at least 100 lifetimes
a year.
After a few weeks, Kenyon had the machine
booting up 28 seconds faster.
Agreed, Steve Jobs was criticized for being
a tough guy.
However, anyone who has ever ran a company
before knows that a product creator must be
a perfectionist.
If you think Larry Kenyon would be happy when
Jobs challenged him to make Macintosh better,
you’re probably wrong.
But after he was able to get it done, everyone
will be happy.
You must learn how to challenge people around
you, for them to bring out the best to the
table all the time.
Now Let’s Discuss;
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makes more sense to you?
What other thing do you learn from Steve Jobs
that are not mentioned in this video?
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us to make a video about?
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