Steve Jobs

October 5, 2011. The death of Apple's legendary CEO. Over the Long weekend, I saw reports after reports of the his death and a short documentary of his life. He was definitely a man creativity and intelligence. However his life was full of hardships and battles that he eventually won over. Another college dropout, Steve Jobs founded Apple with 2 other college friends in a garage. The apple slowly climbed to success. Yet, as the company grew, a hard blow in his life came. He was fired from Apple. This is the part of the story that shocked me as much as it angered me. He was an important co-founder, yet he was fired... as an CEO! The next part of his life is the real lesson. He did not give up, but continued to utilize his creativity for other purposes. He bought Pixar and brought it to fame. (Before this, I never knew Steve Jobs was part of Pixar!) He was later hired back into Apple and started the revolutions of music players by creating the iPod. Apple once again rose to popularity and more and more apple products spread throughout the world. Yet, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer. He battled his disease as he continued to create incredible developments to the i-products. On october 5, 2011, at the age of 56, he died after fighting with cancer for 8 years. His death caused a sensation in the world. Documents were made of his life. And this is how a girl learned about his story and typed to write a blog (on her macbook) in memory of him. 

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I was searching a picture of the apple logo a few minutes ago and learned some pretty shocking news. The article discussed Steve Jobs as a person instead of a legendary icon. It described his personality, and to my surprise, he was portrayed as rude and disparaging. He also have no public record of giving to charity.


Moral lesson: there is always two sides to a story.