Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Interpretation
Trust your instincts and pursue what you genuinely desire in life.
This quote by Steve Jobs emphasizes the importance of listening to our inner voice and having the courage to pursue our true passions and dreams. It suggests that our heart and intuition possess an innate understanding of our authentic desires, which should take precedence over external opinions and distractions.
In practice
This quote can inspire students during a graduation speech to follow their passions.
Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation that ends up expressing itself in successive outer layers of the product or service. The iMac is not just the color or translucence or the shape of the shell. The essence of the iMac is to be the finest possible consumer computer in which each element plays together.
It is piracy, not overt online music stores, which is our main competitor.
The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Innovation has nothing to do with how many R&D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R&D. It's not about money. It's about the people you have, how you're led, and how much you get it.
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?' And whenever the answer has been 'No' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
I have survived. I am here. Confused, screwed up, but here. So, how can I find my way? Is there a chain saw of the soul, an ax I can take to my memories or fears?
What I find powerful is a person with the confidence to be her own self.
It’s a wonder I’m even alive. Sometimes I think that. I think that I can’t believe I haven’t killed myself. But there’s something in me that just keeps going on. I think it has something to do with tomorrow, that there is always one, and that everything can change when it comes.
At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other day. The only thing that made it significant was that the masses of the people joined in.
I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.
The doctor who diagnosed me with ALS, or motor neuron disease, told me that it would kill me in two or three years.
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