I had heard of Steve Jobs but didn't really know much about him, until this video. He seemed to me, a man of incredible creativity and always striving for better. A lot of his engineers thought him to be "intense and a tyrant" but also someone who "pushed them to think outside the box". When I think of how popular Apple is today, it's strange to think that it was near bankruptcy at one point and that Jobs was let go because his MacIntosh did not earn the profit they were expecting. This video which was filmed in 1996, ends with saying that Apple was basically a dying company so it's pretty neat knowing now in the future, the turn around in his success.
Today, a vast majority of the world uses apple in one way or another through iphone, ipad, itunes, ipod, macbook etc. It has become so widely sought after that whenever a new version comes out, people are literally waiting at the doors to buy the latest and greatest. What I liked about this last portion of the video and knowing where Apple really ended up, is that it reminds us to never give up on our ambitions, no matter how hard the road may seem. It's really easy to see barriers and roadblocks, but that could just mean that maybe it isn't the right time.
My goal is to one day become a nurse and right now I'm taking one class at a time, which may seem easy but trying to balance this out with work and family can be difficult. It would be easy to throw in the towel but then I would never get to where I want and likely regret it. Just like Steve Jobs, if he called it quits when he reached rock bottom he would never have become as successful as he did and with that we may not have all the cool technology and applications that we use today.
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