Steve Jobs impact on your life cannot be overestimated. His innovations have likely touched nearly every aspect -- computers, movies, music and mobile.
He shifted the world we live in, with his inventions. He had a net worth of over $8 billion in 2010. He’s one of my personal favorite entrepreneur of all time, because he basically started from the bottom, and managed to become one of the most influential people in the world.
Here are the top 10 Steve Jobs rules for success.
1. Don’t live a limited life.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions, drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know, what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
2. Have passion.
Working at great things is really, really hard, unless a person loves what he does. Looking at history, he believed that, the people who succeeded were the ones who loved what they did, so that they persevered, especially when things got very difficult.
3. Design for yourself.
I know it’s cliche, but this is so true, you are the captain of your own ship, don’t let anyone else take the wheel. Design life for yourself, you won’t receive a second opportunity to do so, so you either do it now, or you regret it on later in life.
4. Don’t sell crap.
Sell only high quality products, while many would argue, I would say that Apple products have always been top quality, and that’s the reason, why they are still at the top. They just provide quality products, and because of that, they have loyal customers, that are always willing to buy.
5. Build a Great Team.
The people you surround yourself with, are the people that will shape your future. If you surround yourself with smart and positive people that share your vision! well then you have a bright future ahead of you. Remember that, you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with, so choose wisely. Essentially, Steve believed that, one of his most important job was recruiting.
He Says, It doesn't make sense to hire smart people, and tell them what to do, we hire smart people, so they can tell us what to do.
6. Don’t do it for the money.
Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. Steve Jobs was worth 100 million dollars, when he was 25 years old, but he didn’t do it for the money. He did it, because he wanted to change the world, he was an innovator.
7. Be proud of your products.
Create products that you can proudly recommend to friends, and family, if your product is great, money will follow. Make sure your product is high quality, and it’s something that people would love to use.
8. Build around customers.
Customers tend to trust individuals, who are serious about what they do, and willing to take the time to achieve a deep understanding of their craft. Take the time every day to learn more about your customers, their industry and their challenges.
Needless to say, gaining trust is only part of the equation. You must also have a product, that customers want and need, and the ability to show, how you’re adding value, solving problems, and so forth. However, if you don’t earn the customer’s trust, they’ll probably buy from someone else, whom they do trust, even if the offering isn’t as good.
9. Marketing is about Values.
Have you ever seen a Nike advertisement, where they share, "why they are better than Adidas and Puma?" No, I know you haven’t, because what they do is, they honor great athletes like Michael Jordan, that’s what they are, that’s who they are. So make sure your customers know what your company stands for.
10.Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish.
Never be satisfied, and always push yourself. Do (or be willing to keep trying) the things people say cannot be done.
We hope that we can learn something from these 10 rules, and start changing things in our life for the better future.
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