Steve Jobs & Motivation

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Im going to talk about Steve Jobs and the motivation he had to get where he wanted to be.

Who was Steve Jobs?

Steve Jobs was a co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc. He was also the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios until it was bought by The Walt Disney Company. He was the largest shareholder at Disney and a member of Disney's Board of Directors. He was seen as a leading figure in both the computer and entertainment industries. In August 2011, Jobs resigned, and was appointed Chairman of Apple. He served in that position until he died at the age of 56 on October 5, 2011. He had pancreatic cancer and died because the tumour had metastasised.

What is Steve Jobs famous for?

Steve Jobs invented the iPod, the iPad, the Mac and the iPhone, as well as the retina display. He changed the world forever and the competition in the technology market. When he released the first iPhone, no one liked the idea of a ‘full touch display and not hard-keyboard that disappointed many people. However, Steve Jobs and Apple paved the way from that day on 29 June 2007 up until today with the iPhone 7 recently being launched.

Why is Steve Jobs linked with Motivation?

The psychology behind Apples products is based on intrinsic motivation, which means that when Apple designs the product, one of the main questions that employees at Apple ask is — will I enjoy using this product myself? When many other companies, design a product they focus on a different question — how much profit will this product bring us? An example of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation is the story behind Microsoft Zune.When iPod came out in October 2001, it revolutionized the way people listen to music. When Microsoft released Zune portable media player in November 2006, it was just another clunky mp3 player that achieved a market share of less than 5% two years later. Microsofts Zune was designed with profit in mind. Apples iPod was designed with usability and joy in mind.

The older I get, the more I see how much motivations matter. The Zune was crappy because the people at Microsoft dont really love music or art the way we do. We won because we personally love music. We made the iPod for ourselves, and when youre doing something for yourself, or your best friend or family, youre not going to cheese out. If you dont love something, youre not going to go the extra mile, work the extra weekend, challenge the status quo as much - Steve Jobs.

What motivated Steve Jobs to keep moving forward?

Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives;

Mastery - the urge to get better and better at something that matters;

Purpose - the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves;

Awareness of death — a true understanding that your time is limited.

Steve Jobs was driven by his desire to create great products that he would enjoy using himself rather than products that would just bring profit to Apple. Every time a new product or software was released by Apple, it became better and better at helping people enjoy using digital technology. Jobs always knew that there is a big difference between using a product and enjoying using a product.

When Steve Jobs had to take a medical leave due to his health problems, Tim Cook gave an inspirational speech highlighting why Apple would continue to soar even with Jobs absent. After hearing this speech, Jobs became emotionally wounded and deeply depressed because it was not clear if Jobs would have to step down and become a chairman rather than CEO. However, instead of continuing to be depressed, Jobs became more motivated to get out of his bed, overcome the pain, and start taking his restorative long walks again.

Living with a disease like this, and all the pain, constantly reminds you of your own mortality, and that can do strange things to your brain if youre not careful. You dont make plans more than a year out, and thats bad. You need to force yourself to plan as if you will live for many years. - Steve Jobs

Some Motivational Quotes from Steve Jobs:

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.

Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

It's really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don't know what they want until you show it to them.

Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

I want to put a ding in the universe.

My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.

Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith.

I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.

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