Did Steve Jobs change the world? Some lights shined so brightly that they were destined to burn out too soon, and that was the case with
Steve Jobs. What a life he had and what a
legacy he left and will continue to leave. He will surely rank with business titans like John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford, and with William Hewlett and David Packard built the
Silicon Valley that we know today.
The lesson that Steve Jobs taught many people, including me, is that if you believe in your
inner creativity,
refuse to be distracted by what the naysayers dart at you, and
keep to your vision, your hard work will reap incredible results in the end.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Apple was constantly ridiculed for “losing” the PC wars.
Microsoft and
Intel became the standards; Apple was too focused on a niche market. When Jobs returned to Apple in the late 1990s, some believed it was too late, and at first that appeared to be true even though Apple kept pushing the innovation envelope with its products.
Well who’s laughing now? Apple is among the top valuable brands and companies in the world. The company on One Infinite Loop and Jobs together transformed how we listen to music, consume content, and communicate with each other.
Many of us have Apple, and Jobs, to thank, for giving us the tools to let our voices be heard and in the end, making our jobs and roles much easier to play.
Having grown up in Cupertino, I still remember the first time I saw a dinky Apple Computer at Eaton Elementary School. There was one computer in the whole school (Mrs. Mumma, who taught the smart kids, had the machine), and we would be brought in class by class to see a wondrous machine that actually did almost nothing. Fast forward a few decades later, and we use Apple products--and their imitators--that boast power, memory, and functionality exponentially richer than those late 1970s and early 1990s clunky computers.
At a time when many CEOs are viewed as trying to own the world--while avoiding many of us in it--Steve Jobs changed it.
Apple may continue to thrive, but Steve Jobs leaves a void not easily filled.
So yes, Steve Jobs changed the world.
A PC user for 12 years, coming from a family and business of PC users, until I married my husband who gave me my first Mac, then iPad, then iPhone, and I can really say that YES, Steve Jobs did change our life, on a multitude of levels!
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