Steve Jobs， 史蒂夫·喬布斯，美國(guó)蘋(píng)果公司聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人，一位成功的商人，同時(shí)他還是極具感染力的演說(shuō)家。1976年喬布斯和朋友成立蘋(píng)果電腦公司，1985年在蘋(píng)果高層權(quán)力斗爭(zhēng)中離開(kāi)蘋(píng)果并成立了NeXT公司，1997年回到蘋(píng)果接任行政總裁，8月24日辭去蘋(píng)果公司行政總裁職位，10月5日因胰腺癌逝世。喬布斯讓蘋(píng)果產(chǎn)品引領(lǐng)全球科技潮流，8月21日，蘋(píng)果以市值6235億美元成為世界市值第一的上市公司。
其實(shí)，他本身對(duì)人生的見(jiàn)解與思考，對(duì)工作的完美實(shí)踐，就是一部勵(lì)志史。
史蒂夫·喬布斯經(jīng)典語(yǔ)錄：
“Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
(被 Apple 炒魷魚(yú)對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)是個(gè)很棒的經(jīng)驗(yàn)。成功者的沈重光輝被重新開(kāi)始所帶來(lái)的輕松感取代，這種感覺(jué)讓我重新?lián)肀ё杂�，讓我進(jìn)入到我人生中最有創(chuàng)造力的階段。)
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. ”
(質(zhì)比量還要重要，就像一支全壘打比起兩支二壘安打還要好。)
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an imPssion on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? ”
我曾在 17 歲時(shí)讀過(guò)這么一句名言：”如果你把每一天當(dāng)成自己人生的最后一天來(lái)過(guò)，你才能夠明白人生的真諦“，這句話(huà)令我印象深刻，此后的 33 年來(lái)，我每天早上都會(huì) 對(duì)著鏡子自問(wèn)：”如果今天是我生命的最后一天，我還會(huì)想去做我今天要去做的事嗎?“，每當(dāng)我心里的答案是”不“時(shí)，我知道自己需要做出改變了。)
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. ”
(創(chuàng)意不外乎就是在不同事件之間搭建橋梁。如果你問(wèn)那些有創(chuàng)意的人他們?nèi)绾巫鍪拢麄兓蛟S會(huì)感到些許罪惡，因?yàn)樗麄儧](méi)有真的在”創(chuàng)造“一個(gè)東西，他們只是善于觀(guān)察不同事物，而想到每件事之間的可能性。)
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ”
(記住，每個(gè)人終究會(huì)死去，所以你不需要再患得患失。而你已經(jīng)赤裸裸地面對(duì)死亡，那你何必害怕去做自己想做的事呢。)
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. ”
(成為一個(gè)質(zhì)量的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。有些人還不習(xí)慣面對(duì)一個(gè)卓越的環(huán)境。)
“You can’’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. ”
(你無(wú)法預(yù)先把現(xiàn)在所發(fā)生的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴串聯(lián)起來(lái)，只有在未來(lái)回顧今日時(shí)，你才會(huì)明白這些點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴是如何串在一起的。所以你現(xiàn)在必須相信，眼前現(xiàn)在發(fā)生的點(diǎn)點(diǎn)滴滴，將來(lái)多少都會(huì)連結(jié)在一起。你得去相信，相信直覺(jué)也好、命運(yùn)也好、生命也好、或甚至是輪回。)
“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. ”
(你的工作會(huì)占據(jù)你人生中很大的一部份，所以你要對(duì)你的人生滿(mǎn)意，就去做你自己覺(jué)得偉大的事。而要成就偉大的事前，你必須先愛(ài)你正在做的工作。如果你還沒(méi)找到你想做的事，就繼續(xù)找，千萬(wàn)別屈就于自己不喜歡的事。用盡所有心力去找，你會(huì)找到的。)
“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. ”
(成為墳?zāi)苟阎凶钣绣X(qián)的人對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)毫無(wú)意義，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)最重要的是，晚上睡覺(jué)前我可以告訴自己我今天做了一件了不起的事。)
“I’’m as proud of many of the things we haven’’t done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things. ”
(對(duì)于那些我們已完成的事情和那些我們沒(méi)有去做的事情，我都同樣引以為傲。因?yàn)閯?chuàng)新也是有需要對(duì)千千百百種點(diǎn)子說(shuō)不的時(shí)候。)
“I think if you do something and it turns out Ptty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next. ”
(我想如果你順利的完成大作，那么你應(yīng)該開(kāi)始著手去做別的事情，別專(zhuān)注在美好的事情上太久，要不斷尋找下一個(gè)目標(biāo)。)
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates successful entrePneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance. ”
