Eric Jackson reports for Forbes, “In a few years from now, your kids and grandkids will ask you what it was like to be alive when Steve Jobs was the CEO of Apple. They will say: ‘Jobs was the best CEO is business. What was he like? What did you learn from him?'”
“What will your answer be?” Jackson asks.
“It’s human nature to overlook the importance of the here and now. Those who are great and live among us seem more normal because they’re breathing the same air that we are,” Jackson writes. “But, make no mistake, once Steve Jobs is no longer with us, there will be an outpouring of emotion. The tributes will be endless. And there will be collective regret that we weren’t more awake, paying attention, while he was with us.”
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“The wisdom he shared with us at every major speech, or on an earnings call, or in a casual chat put up on YouTube will seem 10 times wiser because he’s no longer with us,” ,” Jackson writes. “So, let’s pause today and try to remind ourselves of some lessons Steve Jobs has taught us all — if we’ve been willing to pay attention.”
The top 10 lessons Steve Jobs can teach us:
1. The most enduring innovations marry art and science
2. To create the future, you can’t do it through focus groups
3. Never fear failure
4. You can’t connect the dots forward – only backward
5. Listen to that voice in the back of your head that tells you if you’re on the right track or not
6. Expect a lot from yourself and others
7. Don’t care about being right. Care about succeeding
8. Find the most talented people to surround yourself with
9. Stay hungry, stay foolish
10. Anything is possible through hard work, determination, and a sense of vision
Much more in the full article – recommended – here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]