Rooma ja inspiroivia ajatuksia | Steve Jobs' Quotes

Inspiroivaa viikkoa! Kuten aiemmin mainitsinkin, luen parhaillaan Walter Iisaacsonin kirjoittamaa Steve Jobsin elämänkertaa. Olen todella inspiroitunut kirjasta ja Jobsista, joka oli nero ja oivalsi tärkeitä asioita elämästä, ottamatta kantaa hänen muuten ristiriitaiseen persoonaansa. Etenkin hänen uskonsa intuition tärkeyteen kiehtoo. Tässä muutamia itseni eniten puhuttelevia lainauksia Steve Jobsilta.

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.”

“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. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

“Ultimately, it comes down to taste. It comes down to trying to expose yourself to the best things that humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you’re doing. Picasso had a saying: good artists copy, great artists steal. And we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas, and I think part of what made the Macintosh great was that the people working on it were musicians and poets and artists and zoologists and historians who also happened to be the best computer scientists in the world.”

“New always becomes the new normal. That’s because “things” only provide momentary bursts of happiness. To be happier, don’t chase as many things. Chase experiences. Someday you won’t remember what you had…but you’ll never forget what you did.” 

“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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on.”