Steve Jobsmainly known for being co-founder and CEO of Apple companyis one of the best-known entrepreneurs internationally. born in 1955in San Francisco, and on October 5, 2011 he died in Palo Alto, Calif.
On many occasions and even from . Today is the time to review the phrases of Steve Jobs and, incidentally, comment the two most important movies that have been made about him and his professional career.
10 Steve Jobs phrases that will change the way you see business
You can go to school and spend years trying to learn about great marketing.
Or you can spend a few minutes watching Steve Jobs – all marketers should carefully listen:
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1- Passion
Steve Jobs especially valued one aspect: the passion. It was essential for him that people love and believe in what they do, what they work on. On more than one occasion he stressed that when considering what type of worker he wanted at Apple, he believed it was essential that he be in love with the brand, with the company.
«Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work and the only way to do it is love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. As with everything that has to do with the heart, you will know when you have found it.«.
2- Perseverance
Another aspect that was very important to Steve Jobs was the Constancy and perseverance. It wasn’t all about having talent and passion, being constant and fighting was an essential requirement. This was stated in this sentence:
“I am convinced that at least half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the unsuccessful is mere perseverance”.
3- The client
As you may have heard on more than one occasion, companies have to focus on their consumer and not only on their product. The one who rules and the one who will be at the center of a good strategy will be the consumer, the target audience of our product. This was also known to the founder of Apple, Steve Jobs, who left a couple of key phrases related to this consideration:
“You can’t ask customers what they want and then try to give it to them. By the time you make it they’ll want something new«.
“It’s a complicated thing, it’s difficult to design products focusing on the target audience. Many times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.«.
4- The last day of your life
“Live as if it were the last day of your life”. Surely you have heard this phrase on more than one occasion. Steve Jobs read it when he was just a teenager and below you will see the importance he placed on it and how it affected him from then on.
“When I was 17 years old, I read a sentence that went something like this: “If you live each day as if it were your last, one day it will happen.” It made a big impression on me and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were my last day, would I want to be doing what I am about to do?” .
5- Perfection
If we had to describe Apple it would be one of the words we would use. One of Steve Jobs’ greatest obsessions when manufacturing his products was perfection both at the design level and, directly related, to the usability of the devices. Next We will see a comparison that he made to explain the importance he gave to perfection even in practically insignificant aspects.
“When you’re a carpenter making a beautiful chest of drawers, you’re not going to use a piece of plywood on the back, even though it sits on the wall and no one will see it. You’ll know it’s there, so we’re going to use a beautiful piece of wood on the back. To get a good night’s sleep, the aesthetics, the quality, has to be taken all the way.”
6- Team
Can you innovate despite not having a large budget? For Steve Jobs, who really had a fundamental role in the R&D departmentmore than money, was the human team of the company.
“Innovation has nothing to do with how many dollars you have invested in R&D. When Apple came out with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It is not a matter of quantities, but of the people you have, how you guide them and how much you get.
7- Innovation
Another phrase about innovation we have below. In this case, applied the concept of innovation to leaders and, as you will see, he considers it something fundamental to differentiate himself and succeed above the rest.
“Innovation distinguishes leaders from followers”.
8- Leadership
When Steve Jobs died, there were many who thought that this fact would cause a great crisis in Apple since he really was a very important figure in the company. Despite this, below you can see the reflection that Steve Jobs made in life on the importance of his figure and his team.
“Some people say, ‘Oh, God, if he gets hit by a bus, Apple would be in trouble. They definitely won’t throw a party, but I do think there are very capable people within the company. My job is to make the entire executive team good enough to be my successors.”
9- Character
Those who knew and worked with the great Steve Jobs agree that he had a strong, quirky character. He was clear about his goal and his job.
“My job is not to like people. My job is to make them better.”
10- Hunger
To end this ranking, I want to highlight the final sentence that Steve Jobs said to the students graduating from Stanford University in 2005: «Stay hungry, stay foolish». you can see the speech that I can assure you that it is not wasted.
“Stay hungry. Stay crazy.”
Steve Jobs: 2 movies
To date, several books have been published on the life of Steve Jobs and several films have been produced, among which the recent ones stand out: «jobs” Y “Steve Jobs«. Here are the trailers for both movies:
Jobs (2013)
Steve Jobs (2016)
Have you already seen this new movie by the great Steve Jobs? What do you think? It just premiered on January 1, 2016 so We encourage you to share your assessment with us.
To end this article, I want to highlight the following phrase by Steve Jobs: “I want to leave my mark on the universe«. Seen what has been seen, we can say that she achieved it. Objective achieved.
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