“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. ”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. ”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected. ”
(成为一个质量的标准。有些人还不习惯面对一个卓越的环境。)
“You can’’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. ”
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. ”
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. … Going to bed at night saying we’’ve done something wonderful … that’’s what matters to me. ”
“I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next. ”
“Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”
(被 Apple 炒鱿鱼对我来说是个很棒的经验。成功者的沈重光辉被重新开始所带来的轻松感取代,这种感觉让我重新拥抱自由,让我进入到我人生中最有创造力的阶段。)
“Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles. ”
(质比量还要重要,就像一支全垒打比起两支二垒安打还要好。)
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: ‘If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.’ It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? ”