After Thursday’s very insightful and emotional class, I have had the weekend to reflect Steve Jobs and Mrs. Maxwell-Steele’s words of wisdom. Each speaker spoke about how they live their lives and there was one similarity between the two stories. It can be explained quiet simply in the wise words of Steve Jobs “your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” This statement conveys a very powerful message which induces a great amount of emotion and self-reflection in the person on the receiving end. Mrs. Maxwell-Steele and Steve Jobs are two very luck people in the sense that they have found something in life that they love to do and are by no means ‘living someone else’s life’.
I consider myself very fortunate for a number of reasons, but the most salient reason is that I have a loving and supportive family. Ever since I can remember, my parents have encouraged me to find what I love to do and then become the best that I can at whatever it may be. I am very fortunate because not everyone is blessed with such a supportive family. Many people are pressured, forced even, into a life that is not their own. From a very young age I knew that when I grew up I was going to be a ‘businessman’ like my Father. Never once, has my Father pushed this on me, but in noticing my interest he has given me the support to turn my dreams into reality. As a child, my Mother always nurtured me in such a way as to instill a certain confidence in me that would allow me to pursue anything that I desired in life. These are just a couple examples of the kind of support that I receive from my family, but they allow for a better understanding of why I possess such ambition.
As I previously stated, I have always known that going into business is what I want. Although the term ‘business’ is very broad, I can confidently say that I want to be an entrepreneur. At this point in my life, I am still relatively young and I am not quite sure of exactly which field of business that I want to start a company in. However, I am currently leaning in the direction of a spirits company. No matter which field of business that I decide to enter I can be sure of one thing; I want to achieve the greatest success that I can. Looking back on the inspiring lives of such entrepreneurs as Ted Rogers, Warren Buffet, and of course Steve Jobs, further inspires me to live my own life and find something I love to do. Each one of these entrepreneurs worked at something they loved which is why they were able to achieve such success in each of their respective fields. Of course one cannot attribute all of their success to that fact, it certainly stands to be a very significant factor in the equation of their success. One day I hope to achieve the type of success experienced by each of these entrepreneurs and like each of them find happiness and contentment in work and in life.
In honour of the great man that was Steve Jobs, I will leave you with this statement which he famously made at the 2005 Stanford University Commencement. It is a statement that is timeless in its relevance.
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition they somehow already know what you truly want to become, everything else is secondary.”
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