You're already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
Interpretation
You should pursue your passions fearlessly since you have nothing to lose.
Steve Jobs' quote encourages individuals to embrace their true selves and follow their passions without fear or hesitation. By stating that 'you're already naked,' he implies that vulnerability exists, and although life can sometimes feel daunting, there are no valid reasons to hold back from pursuing what truly moves you and brings fulfillment.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing dreams.
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.
Everybody knows by now that there's a gazillion books on me either out or coming out in the near future. So I'm encouraging anybody who's ever met me, heard me or even seen me, to get in on the action and scribble their own book. You never know, somebody might have a great book in them.
Our valleys may be filled with foes and tears; but we can lift our eyes to the hills to see God and the angels, heaven's spectators, who support us according to God's infinite wisdom as they prepare our welcome home.
If you are losing faith in human nature, go out and watch a marathon.
If this world is going to be reached, I am convinced that it must be done by men and women of average talent.
I'm capable of anything, my imagination can give me wings
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
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