What Steve Jobs Meant to Me

Although I have only been a owner of Apple products since I got the iPhone 3GS over two years ago and a MacBook Pro a year later, I still couldn’t escape how deeply I felt at the loss of Steve Jobs yesterday. So I would just like to take a bit of time to clear the thoughts from my head.

I never really started following Apple and it’s leader until the first iPhone started making its initial buzz throughout the industry, but since that time I’ve keep a keen eye on them. One of the things that strikes me most impressive about Steve is that the more I follow him and the more I go back a read his old articles or interview, the more I like him and come to understand what a true genius he is.

Think about that for a minute. How many heroes in your life, whether they be politicians, sports stars, celebrities or CEOs, do you actually like more throughout the passage of time and when going deeper into their life and beliefs? So often we uncover areas where we disagree or they do something that tarnishes our opinion of them. Not so with Steve. The more there is to read about him and how he influenced others lives, the more I come to respect the man.

One of the more profound things he said that I try to keep in my daily life was about how he chooses to spend his time. He mentioned that each morning he will look in the mirror and ask himself if he is doing today exactly what he wants to be doing. If he goes few days in a row without being able to answer yes to that question, he stops what he was doing and starts again on what he wants to do. Although Steve Jobs’ time on earth was much too short, there is no denying that with that philosophy he accomplished more in 56 years than most would with 200.

Consumers lost their biggest advocate yesterday. And while he was still such a visionary that his touch on emerging technologies will still be felt for a few years, I’m very sad to see what a Steve Jobless world is going to be like a decade from now. How does the world find a replacement for someone who is one is six billion?

If you’ve never taken the time to look back on Steve Jobs life, there is no better time then to take the time a do so now.

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