苹果是人类历史上最成功的企业,但绝不是最伟大的企业。Google说“don't be evil”,虽然有人会说google在装大尾巴狼,但是它至少装了,至少尽力得做到开放。而苹果甚至装都不装一下,它抨击微软的各种口实中从来不包括垄断。它只说要做伟大的产品。伟大能带来什么?宗教和一呼百应的教主。因为信仰自由,所以我想我到了该离开苹果的时候了。
大学时代:小乔在位于俄立岗的Reed大学才读了6个月就罢读了,他对学校兴趣缺缺。可是他在接下来的一年多的时间里,在Reed 读了不少选修课。关于这一段时间,乔布斯在出席2005年斯坦福大学的毕业典礼所作的演讲中如是说:After six months, I couldn’t see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out ok. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was the one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I drop out I could stop taking the required classes that didn’t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. (译文:六个月,我看不到学校的价值。我不知我该干什么,也看不到学校将能帮助我认识这些。而且,我在花着我父母倾其一生的积蓄来读书。所以我决定退学,我相信退学后我将会干得更好。那段时间我还是有点害怕的,但以后的事实证明,这是我一生最伟大的决定之一。从退学的那一刻开始,我就可以随时回到学校去学我喜欢学的东西。)
苹果在2010年的市值一度超过了微软,成为最富有的企业。 然而,史蒂夫乔布斯,苹果的老总,他的个人头衔可能就会因为个人健康而定版: 现代个人电脑的开发者,现代数码动画技术的创立者(toy story I 的制作者),音乐数码时代的推进者(ipod)。。。。往下,如果他没有得病,老乔肯定还有新花样的,他才五十六岁,一个男人最给力的年纪,最有经验最有智慧的年纪。
为老乔祈祷。
(刚读过苹果今天对老乔的评价,觉得此评价可谓对某个人的最高评价。摘一句在这里: "Steve's brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives," Apple said in a statement. "The world is immeasurably better because of Steve." )
創新決定你是領袖還是跟隨者。(Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower)
你的時間有限,所以不要浪費時間去過別人的生活。(Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life)
設計不只是外表和感覺,設計是產品如何運作。(Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.)
活著就是為了改變世界,難道還有其他原因嗎?(We're here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?)
成就的唯一途徑是熱愛自己的事業,如果你還沒找到的話,繼續尋找,不要屈就。(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.)
當墓地裡最有錢的人對我並不重要。對我來說,重要的是夜晚入睡前能為自己達到的成就喝采。(Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me ... Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful... that's what matters to me.)
我要在宇宙中留下痕跡。(I want to put a ding in the universe.)
質重於量,一支全壘打比兩支安打好多了。(Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is better than two doubles.)
幫我做出重大決定的最好工具,就是知道自己快死了。(Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I