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Two Great Quotes From Steve Jobs

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With the Steve Jobs movie coming out in August, I decided to look at some of Steve Jobs’ inspirational quotes. These were the two that I liked the most.

 

“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.”

 

“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that 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, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.[…] It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.”

Steve Jobs loved what he did, and he was able to make a comeback when Apple fired him. That takes a lot of talent. The message in both of his inspirational quotes are accurate.

We all work for a long time. Some people work more than others, but working will take up a lot of time. We have the option to enjoy what we do or grunt as we work. Choosing something to work on that you like will result in you having fun with your work.

People with bad jobs go through the days of work and talk about their bad job with other people. That is not the right way to live. We only live once. In fact, the thought of death motivated Steve Jobs to do more work and make an impact on the world.

There aren’t many people who like getting fired from their company. Getting fired from the company you started is a horrible punishment that Steve Jobs had to endure. Sometimes we will have to step out of our comfort zone. Everything will start to look different.

Steve Jobs didn’t lose his faith. He created Pixar which Disney later bought for $7.4 billion. Steve Jobs also regained position as Apple’s CEO. He lead the company from near bankruptcy to billions.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. When that happens, just get up and continue.

Make Someone Else’s Idea Better

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Everyone thinks the Oreo cookie was made by Oreo. Despite the common belief, it was actually Hydrox who invented the Oreo cookie in 1908. The Oreo cookie that we know today is simply a modification of the Hydrox cookie.

Although the Hydrox and Oreo cookies look very similar, some minor adjustments are the difference between a company that became an unknown and a company that now makes over a billion dollars every year.

When you look at what each cookie looks like, especially from a long distance, they look identical.

The Only ‘Benefit’ Of Being Like The Competition: Being An Unknown

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You will get lost. The competition has more money to spend than you, and they also have more resources. Facebook copied Twitter’s hashtags and added videos to Instagram. It’s practically stealing an idea.

Although Facebook was able to get away with it to some degree, you won’t be able to get away with it. No one will publicly say what they thought about your decision because they won’t know who you are.

If anyone created cars and challenged Toyota by being just like Toyota, car buyers would go to Toyota over your car company. Copying someone else’s work won’t look good for your business, and people will forget about you.

Do something that none of the competition wouldn’t even dare to do. Being an entrepreneur does involve making some risks and hoping that they pay off. Cutting down client size or spending more time on Social Media instead of blogging are risks that some entrepreneurs will have to take.

Do all risks pay off? No, but they make you different from the competition. If you are different from your competition, you will get visitors and returning customers.

There’s A Fork In The Road

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Picking it up is not an option. A fork in the road represents two ways that you can go. Both represent uncertain futures, but you know why you went in that direction.

There are two roads. There is the common road and the road to success. If we all knew how to be successful, we would all take the road to success. However, the road to success is the one filled with obstacles.

Going through a forest and trying to get out is much harder than taking the common road. This is why a lot of people take the common road. The obstacles proved to be too difficult for them.

When you do get out of the forest, there will be a treasure chest waiting. Open it, and you will find valuables of all kinds. Success is harder to achieve than being a common person, but success is worth it.

There Is No Reason To Overwork

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There are a lot of people who overwork to get what they want. Some people are putting in 15 hours a day to keep their businesses alive. Revenue could be pouring in, or there could be no revenue pouring in.

If you find yourself spending 15 hours a day on your business and making little revenue for yourself, you need to change the way you work. We are creatures of habit, and change can be annoying as I described in my post about dramatic changes.

However, those changes will have to happen. Cut off some hours you work by addressing how you waste your time working. Talking to the same person who doesn’t care for your business is unproductive.

There are plenty of things that you are doing wrong if you are working for 15 hours a day without getting much revenue. Overworking also prevents you from doing more important things such as growing your business.

Why You Should Guest Blog On Other Blogs

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Have you ever thought of guest blogging? I started to think about guest blogging last week. I use HARO to find places where I could do guest posts. I enjoy reading the emails I get from HARO telling me what media outlets want.

I am getting traffic to this blog, and people are sharing my content, but guest blogging allowed me to go a step further. I was delighted to see my first guest post get approved on Business2Community. The blog post was about whether or not you should follow back on Twitter. The post has been shared over 10 times which is really good for me.

Guest blogging allows you to reach more people through different people’s blogs. You can link back to your blog or your social network accounts on your bio. The best part is that your name appears on another website. The more times your name appears on other blogs and websites, the better it is for your SEO.

Guest blogging has the potential to dramatically improve your business, but only if you use it wisely.