I've
always been deeply effected by death of people....it seems like a desolate way
to go....but "Death it seems is the only destination we all share."
The
mournful demise of Steve Jobs left the world aghast late Wednesday night as
this innovative and revolutionist entrepreneur fought his last battles
against cancer. Born in San Francisco to Abdulfattah
John Jandali and Joanne Simpson he was given up for adoption by his
biological parents. He was then adopted by Paul Jobs and Clara Jobs. He attended Cupertino
Junior High and Homestead High School in Cupertino, California.
After High school he enrolled in Reed college in Portland for graduation. So
there he was in an expensive college where all his bourgeois family's savings
were being used up in his tuition fees and he still had no idea what he wanted
out of his life and no idea how college was going to help him figure it out. He
saw no value being in college. So after his first semester he decided to drop
out. But he stay around for 18 months attending various auditing classes before
finally deciding to give it up. His bourgeois background made it hard for him
to survive those days. He didn't have a dorm room so he slept on the floors of
friends' rooms. He would return coke bottles for the 5 cent deposits to buy
food with. He would walk the seven miles across the city on Sunday nights for
the free food at Hare Krishna Temple.
By late 70s Steve along with a few others founded Apple.
Macintosh was a very successful product of theirs. But by mid 80s due to drift
between Steve and Apple's then CEO, Mr John Sculley he was relieved of
his duties. This came as a blow to Steve but he didn't give up. He founded NeXT
Computer that year and Pixar Image Computer the next year. Later in 1996 he
returned to Apple after his company NeXT Computer was bought off by Apple.
Steve Jobs then concentrated wholeheartedly on increasing the sales and market
of Apple products. His innovative ideas,persuasion and charisma helped Apple
gain its stature to number one in the market again. He changed customers' level
of expectations from the makers. It brought a revolution into the digital
world. With Macintosh, i-phone,i-pod and i-pad apple became a household
name. Their technical brilliance and innovative attitude made the world tremble
in anticipation for the launch of their new products.
From his
life I take the inspiration to follow my heart, to do the kind of work I
love....He said - “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. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with
all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship,
it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you
find it. Don’t settle.”
His death
is the world's loss.....We have lost a legend, a visionary and a man who didn't
hesitate to follow his heart....who didn't let other people's opinions stop him
from what he wanted to do or become.
Steve
Jobs made us believe in the letter " i " .......He was a legend and
legends never die....they live on....
Like he said - “I’ll always stay connected with Apple.
I hope that throughout my life I’ll sort of have the thread of my life and the
thread of Apple weave in and out of each other, like a tapestry. There may be a
few years when I’m not there, but I’ll always come back.
You'l always be missed.....Steve Jobs....May your soul R.I.P.......
