Whether or not you like Apple products you can’t deny that the world has lost a visionary and even though I’m not the first person to say that today, it’s true. As a matter of fact, just a few of years ago I myself was one of the “haters” but the simplicity and realiability of an iPod Touch won me over. Around that time I remember reading a book that has changed the way that I look at a lot of things, including Apple, it’s products and Steve Jobs. It is iCon Steve Jobs: The Greatest Second Act in the History of Business by Jeffrey S. Young and William L. Simon
The book paints a fairly intimate portrait of Steve Jobs and retells his story from being a long-haired outcast in high school, to how he helped start Apple and Pixar. It talks about how he lost control of Apple and then how he regained it. It showed me that failing isn’t always a bad thing and how even after suffering many professional disasters he was able to come back and be one of the most innovative and powerful people of our generation.
Your legacy will live in the products & the company that you helped create and although many of us never got a chance to meet you in person, there is no denying the impact that you made on society and the lives of many. Thank you for showing us that even in its simplest form something can be very successful. Thank you for showing us that thinking can not only be evolutionary but also revolutionary. Thank you showing us that inspiration, innovation and creativity go hand-in-hand. Thank you for teaching us that failure is definitely not the end.
Goodbye, Steve Jobs. Thanks for the Apple.