The sad passing of Steve Jobs has dominated the news of the past week. Jobs, the founder of Apple, has been phenomenally successful and a true game-changer in the field of technology, but one might question why someone engaged in such a materialistic industry is being mentioned on a Spiritual Web site.
Apart from being a Buddhist for most of his adult life, Steve Jobs’ philosophy actually stands as an excellent example of Spiritual living.
Internet entrepreneur John Chow presents a superb summary of Jobs’ teachings at Lessons I Learned From Steve Jobs, and although presented from a business perspective we can all take something from the key lessons of:
- Live Each Day Like It’s Your Last
- Surround Yourself with Great People
- It Doesn’t Matter What You Think! and
- Find Your Passion
John’s post includes a YouTube video of Steve’s 2005 Stanford Commencement Speech which stands as a pretty good philosophy for life in general:
Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years—as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues—Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination. He knew that the best way to create value in the twenty-first century was to connect creativity with technology. He built a company where leaps of the imagination were combined with remarkable feats of engineering.
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