Today morning when I woke up, the first piece of information I received was about Steve Job's death via SLP.
Somebody commented it was expected(he having cancer). Well, on that my take is that he would have died anyway. So no scope of shock.
What I actually wonder is that during his last moments, what would have gone through his mind?
Did he have any regrets?
Would he have wanted to not die just yet?
Or did he go peacefully, without a thought?
I don't know the answer to these questions. Only the late Jobs would.
We are all going to miss him cause his swashbuckling presence can not be substituted. He was after all one of the most iconic and influential figure of our times, the most loved celebrity than the majority of Hollywood stars. He was a man who had changed the world.
But this is not an eulogy.
If Steve Jobs is really our role model(as for so many of us, esp entrepreneurs) then while we put in a one minute silence to remember him and wish him well, we should put in another minute to reflect on ourselves and ask - "Am I living my life without any regrets?" Because when death strikes even the mighty Steve Jobs was helpless under its crushing force. And so will we be. And trust me, you don't want to fuck up your very last moment. Not a way to go.
Only Jobs knew (or knows :), but I wishfully believe, that he died as awesomely as he had lived. Like a great warrior.
I hope I live my life like that. Maybe no success in business, but success in my life and personal glory in my moment of death.
Business or no business, changing the world or not changing the world - in the end, it doesn't matter.
Michael Corleone had said - "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business"
But we all know that it was strictly personal all along ;)
And so it was for Jobs and so it is for each one of us.
Just my two cents.
Somebody commented it was expected(he having cancer). Well, on that my take is that he would have died anyway. So no scope of shock.
What I actually wonder is that during his last moments, what would have gone through his mind?
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| Apple, Mac, Ipod, Iphone, Ipad, Pixar? The upcoming Iphone5? The world he had changed? |
Would he have wanted to not die just yet?
Or did he go peacefully, without a thought?
I don't know the answer to these questions. Only the late Jobs would.
We are all going to miss him cause his swashbuckling presence can not be substituted. He was after all one of the most iconic and influential figure of our times, the most loved celebrity than the majority of Hollywood stars. He was a man who had changed the world.
But this is not an eulogy.
If Steve Jobs is really our role model(as for so many of us, esp entrepreneurs) then while we put in a one minute silence to remember him and wish him well, we should put in another minute to reflect on ourselves and ask - "Am I living my life without any regrets?" Because when death strikes even the mighty Steve Jobs was helpless under its crushing force. And so will we be. And trust me, you don't want to fuck up your very last moment. Not a way to go.
Only Jobs knew (or knows :), but I wishfully believe, that he died as awesomely as he had lived. Like a great warrior.
I hope I live my life like that. Maybe no success in business, but success in my life and personal glory in my moment of death.
Business or no business, changing the world or not changing the world - in the end, it doesn't matter.
Michael Corleone had said - "It's not personal, Sonny. It's strictly business"
But we all know that it was strictly personal all along ;)
And so it was for Jobs and so it is for each one of us.
Just my two cents.
2 comments:
"Before embarking, he’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them.
Steve’s final words were:
OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW."
Superlatives on even his deathbed. That is what the life is :)
Is it true? Or is it your wishful thinking? :)
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