Don't just live a life; build one. Steve Jobs More Quotes by Steve Jobs More Quotes From Steve Jobs Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected. Steve Jobs leadership motivational inspirational Customers always want something new Steve Jobs want-something something-new want The difference between the best worker on computer hardware and the average may be 2 to 1, if you're lucky. With automobiles, maybe 2 to 1. But in software, it's at least 25 to 1. The difference between the average programmer and a great one is at least that. The secret of my success is that we have gone to exceptional lengths to hire the best people in the world. And when you're in a field where the dynamic range is 25 to 1, boy, does it pay off. Steve Jobs differences average boys That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs life-changing change inspiring We don't have a good language to talk about this kind of thing. In most people's vocabularies, design means veneer... But to me, nothing could be further from the meaning of design. Design is the fundamental soul of a man-made creation. Steve Jobs vocabulary men mean Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. 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. Steve Jobs inspirational love life You can't look at the competition and say you're going to do it better. You have to look at the competition and say you're going to do it differently. Steve Jobs competition success looks If you keep your eye on the profit, you’re going to skimp on the product. But if you focus on making really great products, then the profits will follow. Steve Jobs eye business inspirational 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. Steve Jobs yoga attitude inspirational Life is about creating and living experiences that are worth sharing. Steve Jobs creating life-is Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. Steve Jobs teenager running inspirational The reason we wouldn't make a seven-inch tablet isn't because we don't want to hit a price point, it's because we don't think you can make a great tablet with a seven-inch screen. Steve Jobs tablets want thinking Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence. Steve Jobs money views inspirational I hate the way people use slide presentations instead of thinking. People would confront a problem by creating a presentation. I wanted them to engage, to hash things out at the table, rather than show a bunch of slides. People who know what they're talking about don't need PowerPoint. Steve Jobs hate inspirational thinking The broader one's understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have. Steve Jobs dots design understanding Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. It takes a lot of hard work to make something simple, to truly understand the underlying challenges and come up with elegant solutions. [...] It's not just minimalism or the absence of clutter. It involves digging through the depth of complexity. To be truly simple, you have to go really deep. [...] You have to deeply understand the essence of a product in order to be able to get rid of the parts that are not essential. Steve Jobs hard-work simple order When you start looking at a problem and it seems really simple, you don't really understand the complexity of the problem. Then you get into the problem, and you see that it's really complicated, and you come up with all these convoluted solutions. That's sort of the middle, and that's where most people stop... But the really great person will keep on going and find the key, the underlying principle of the problem - and come up with an elegant, really beautiful solution that works. Steve Jobs keys simple beautiful We don't get a chance to do that many things, and every one should be really excellent. Because this is our life. Life is brief, and then you die, you know? So this is what we've chosen to do with our life. Steve Jobs innovation success life Strategy is figuring out what not to do. Steve Jobs strategy The lunatics have taken over the asylum and we can do anything we want. Steve Jobs asylums taken want
