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Inspirational and motivational interview with Steve Job’s two close friends

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Inspirational and motivational interview with Walt Mossberg, Dr. Ed Catmull, President of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp on Steve Jobs – PART 2

 

Ed and Larry were extremely close with the inspirational Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computers.

Below is part 2 of some of the motivational and inspirational life quotes from a 40 minute All Things Digital conference interview that made an impact on me. You can access part 1 here.

I asked him at the grand opening of the first Apple store: “You’re only going to open like a dozen of these right? I mean they are showcase things”. And he looked at me like I just landed from Mars and he said, “Oh we are building a lot, a lot, a lot of these. We are going to make this work right”.

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Inspirational and motivational interview Steve Job’s two close friends

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Inspirational and motivational interview with Walt Mossberg, Dr. Ed Catmull, President of Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Larry Ellison, CEO of Oracle Corp on Steve Jobs – PART 1

Ed and Larry were extremely close with the late Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple Computers.

This interview, commemorating his life contained a lot of quotes with inspiration and motivation about Steve Jobs that we can live by.

Below I have quoted and noted some of the key things from this 40 minute All Things Digital conference interview (embedded at the end of this article) that made an impact on me.

If everybody is doing this, Steve thought “What if they are wrong? What if they are all wrong?”

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The simple thing that seperates the greats from the goods – Motivational and Inspirational Blog

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The apple guy always seems to have some inspirational and motivational videos:

Most people never ask, and that’s what separates the people that do things and the people that dream. ~ Steve Jobs

Your mind is socially conditioned to tell you when you are not following instructions, and has been socially conditioned to tell you what is and what is not acceptable in society.

Wikipedia defines Social conditioning as the: sociological process of training individuals in a society to respond in a manner generally approved by the society in general and peer groups within society.

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The surprising thing most people don’t know about Trust

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“When people believe what you believe, trust emerges” – Simon Sinek

You feel more drawn to people who believe what we believe. Why does this happen? It’s because you feel the emotion of trust. If you look at the friends around you, you’ll realize that your best friends are those that likely share some of the fundamental beliefs that you value.

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[Video] Why we experience less and less fulfillment, and how to prevent it

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Fulfillment ONLY happens when you do something for someone else. Over 90% of people don’t feel fulfilled at work. And it’s because we don’t help anyone anymore. ~ Simon Sinek

Simon Sinek just keeps delivering great thought provoking and inspirational content:

Trust

A company, community, culture or country is a group of people with a common set of values and beliefs. When we are surrounded by people who believe what we believe, something miraculous happens: trust emerges.

When we trust someone, we are:

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[Exercise] The Misconception about Success

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Abraham Hicks’s inspirational and motivational speech (after the break) talks about Success and how most people define success from material things:

Life Quote on Success:

Success is measured, not by comparing yourself against the outside world, but by comparing yourself against what it is you want to accomplish, and feeling consistently happy on the inside regardless of where you are now and where you want to be. ~ Unknown

You can’t evaluate from outside of someone’s vibrational gap, whether they are successful.

Success is an individual coming into alignment of

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[Video] Why you should limit yourself from too much social media & technology

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Very insightful talk about the perils of using smartphone and social media technology too much

Do you get a feeling of lonliness when you read your Facebook news feed? Well, a lot of people have.

The following are the key points of Sherry Turkle’s Speech on technology:

–          Technology is taking us places we don’t want to go

–          Our smartphones are so physiologically powerful, that they don’t change what we do, they change who we are

–          People text or email during corporate board meetings, at friend gatherings…everywhere

–          People seem to want each other if and only if we can have each other at a distance in amounts we can control

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[Exercise] Do not follow your passion, follow your effort

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Whether you like basketball or not, you’ve heard of Michael Jordan. A man that found what he loved to do early in life and never gave up trying to achieve his best everyday. I think the key is if you find what you love, or what you you’ll keep trying to be the best, so that regardless of whether you are winning or losing. You are enjoying the experience.

Every time I watch the video below, I get goosebumps. It’s people like Jordan that inspire me everyday. Video after the break.

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How to stop procrastinating

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A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.  ~ Charles Darwin

 

You only have on average 24,445 days to live on the face of this earth. If your 25,  you’ve only got roughly 15,000 days left. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it’s quite true.

If you haven’t listened to Randy Pausch’s motivational speech, one of the things he says is “Life is not about living long, but about living well“. Every hour you spend procrastinating, or doing something unproductive, that’s one less hour you have to do something you enjoy, with someone you enjoy being with. As a species, we tend to be reactionary creatures. If we find out we have cancer, then we live the remaining time we have to the fullest. But it doesn’t have to be that way! You have always had a choice. Be proactive, rather than reactive.

Think about that the next time you need to make a tough decision in your life. Don’t live a life of regret, live a life of compassion. Don’t worry about the bad decisions you’ve made in the past, focus on making it right and keep moving forward.

And the next time you decide to procrastinate, I hope you can remember what was said today. Because in the end, if your not doing something you love, what is it all for?

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Frank Yu Yan