Steve Jobs quotes are directed towards bringing out the true passion within the hearts & to love the work.
Steve Jobs is the ultimate icon of applied imagination & innovativeness.
Jobs became CEO of Apple in 1997, He was largely responsible for helping revive Apple, which had been on the verge of bankruptcy.
Quote 1
“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice.”
The inner voice is of very low volume but of very high importance. Something inner talks with us in a language that is not of words, it is very subtle in nature.
This voice comes from the deeper levels of the mind & it is the voice of the soul. It is the voice that is directing us to what we are born for. It is directing us to fulfill the purpose of our life. And this purpose is different for every individual because each person has its own quality & there is no comparison with others.
The outside world is trying to suppress this voice & it wants you to live the life that society has planned for you & not what the inner voice is trying to explore.
The whole world might be walking in the south direction & your inner voice is telling you to walk in the north direction. When you walk your steps towards the north, the people will do their best to pull you towards the south direction.
“Great courage is needed to stand with your inner voice.”
One who stands with his inner voice may have to face difficulties in the initial stage but his life will be full of satisfaction & fulfillment because he will be doing something that he loves to do.
When there is love for work then work is no more work. And this has to come from the heart & not just verbal words then life becomes a play & fun.
Quote 2
“Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
Every person has a special gift of unique qualities assigned to him. These are very natural qualities & when the person connects to these qualities he is in a flow. He is connected to something divine.
The magical thing about this gift is that it is different from person to person. Another mysterious thing about this gift is that it is not revealed to you. There is no outside person that can identify it to you. Your heart & intuition know this fact & they try to reveal it to you in their own ways.
Intuition does not communicate with words, it tries to show you, and it tries to open your eyes to the fact of your gift. The one who understands this language & follows the heart gets connected to his inner natural qualities.
For the majority of people, this gift gets buried in their own minds, it is never revealed & it remains unexplored. Understanding & courage is needed to stand for our own inner voice because the world is somehow trying with full force to silence that special gift.
“The world wants you to become something based on their concept & your heart wants you to become completely different.”
When we listen to the world then we live a life of struggle & frustration. We may get a good job with good pay but there will be no joy in life. All the colors will fly away from your life. Your everyday life will be a circle of troubles & worries.
When we listen to the heart then there is joy & fun. Then whatsoever we do we do it with totality & there is great passion, there is no forcing to do something, we do it with excitement. This is indeed the real success because we are doing something that we love to do & not something that is someone else’s dream.
Quote 3
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.”
Small moments of time that we waste our energy in doing irrelevant things do not add any value to our lives & take away our time & energy.
Small steps every day result in reaching the goals in the near future. When we haven’t planned to invest our time in small steps towards our goals then our mind tends to take control & run into activities that give temporary relief like scrolling through mobile, watching YouTube videos, playing mobile games, watching TV, reading the sad & shocking news, talking & non-stop talking, so on.
The same time an ordinary person invests in unnecessary activities and the same time is used by extraordinary people to plan & take action toward their goals.
Everyone has 24 hours & no one gets a single second less or more, this is no discrimination. Life gives the same amount of time every day to everyone.
Due to this unplanned use of time, an ordinary person never works for himself & his dreams. He will join a job & work for his boss. He will work 9 to 12 hours per day working on someone else’s dream. And this office hour’s time is mostly the time of hell. It is not fun, it seems like a punishment.
The good news is that we can take the steps & use the limited time that we have to work on our dreams.
When we achieve success after a determined & persistent effort towards our dreams then the job can be left behind because we are earning more from our goals as it is the thing that we love to do. It is not work but a journey of enthusiasm as we are doing the thing that we were born to do.
Quote 4
“If you’re not passionate enough from the start, you’ll never stick it out.”
Passion means something you like to do from your heart. There is no specific reason why someone likes doing something but everyone has some kind of passion for various things in their hearts.
Some people might love to go to the gym & build a muscular physic, some might love to read, some might love to sing, some might love to paint & some might love to travel. There are unlimited things that people are passionate about.
When one has the passion for doing the things they love to do then no one has to force them to do the thing. He does the thing with excitement & enthusiasm, he feels a different energy flowing in his nerves, he does this thing with a smile on his face & he can go on doing it for long hours with no tiredness.
He gets up with excitement to do this thing & is always looking forward to doing it again. When he is doing something else like daily chores, in his mind he is thinking about that same thing.
“When one connects to the passion of the heart, his life is full of fulfillment & contentment.”
Due to consistent doing of this passionate thing, he masters himself in this activity. People make this passion their profession & earn success out of it. Their success is truly a success because they are doing something that they love to do. They are not working on someone else’s passion but on their own.
On the contrary, when we have been given to do something that we never loved to do then the struggle begins. There is no passion so there is no excitement.
A student who loves to do artwork & hates mathematics, for him, if someone takes away art from his life & forces him to do mathematics then the life of this student will be a life of hell. He was born with love of arts in his heart & this love will be demolished with the rules of society.
Quote 5
“My favorite things in life don’t cost any money. It’s really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.”
There are lots of things that are wonderful & there is no cost for it. Just like watching the sky full of stars or listening to the birds singing on trees or taking a walk in the mountains with nature or a painter drawing a painting or a yogi doing his breathing & enjoying every breath that he takes, all these things do not cost any money.
There are many small things that look small but they aren’t small. We live with them on a daily basis & they are freely provided by nature & the creator.
Time is short & limited with everyone. With every moment passing we are walking close & near to death. Time cannot be stopped, it never pauses, it is a continuous flow like a river flowing. So the time is most precious & there is no one that can buy the time.
We cannot buy back a single second that is lived. When it’s gone then it’s gone, there is no returning back.
“People who achieve success in life use their time in the most planned & disciplined way.”
They use every bit of it to sow the seeds of great habits that will reap fruits in future. They direct their energy toward important things & there every action is headed toward their goals. They master the skills of discipline, determination & persistence to train the mind to succeed in their heart desires.
Unsuccessful people use the time in the most inappropriate way because they do not have the understanding of the value of it.
The things that we get for free are never valued. The things that we buy at a very high price may not have value but we value them because of the price tag. So their thinking is that, why bother let’s enjoy & be lazy at this moment & let us see it later somewhere tomorrow. And that tomorrow never comes.
Quote 6
“Learn continually there’s always one more thing to learn.”
Learning is a mindset that enhances the powers of the mind.
When we are learning something new, the mind is focused on the present moment & the thoughts are directed towards learning. The mind is focused on absorbing the new skill that we are learning. Everything is new because we haven’t experienced the new learning yet, there will be unknown things that will be encountered in the process of learning.
Alertness comes naturally when there is some new food for the mind.
“Leaders are learners, they are busy in learning something new because they know the power of learning & the impact it has on our lives.”
Learning is a pattern of mind where we eliminate ordinary thinking thoughts. When we are doing nothing then what happens to our mind? The mind starts thinking thoughts randomly, it drains energy, it takes us to negative places, and it disturbs the inner vibration.
The reverse happens in the state of learning, the thoughts are directed to one focus, and due to the focus there is energy, there is a feeling of positivity & the inner vibration shifts to top gear.
There are unlimited things out there that are waiting for exploration & learning. The internet world has become the heaven of knowledge, the websites & the videos are overflowing with learning knowledge.
The majority of things are available to learn free of cost & they are completely presentable & understandable. Because of the growing competition, the YouTubers & the bloggers are bombarding the web with more & more information with increased quality.
We can enter this world of learning at any moment & shift to a new dimension of unlimited possibilities.
We can inculcate a new pattern of mind that will delete the old negative harmful patterns. As we practice learning the things of our interest on a daily basis, we will be walking towards mastery. This new skill set of learning will help in the career enormously. We will find ourselves way ahead of others because others are busy in old patterns of mind & we are creating a new learning pattern.
Quote 7
“Do not try to do everything.
Do one thing well.”
Trying to do everything is like trying to dig a well in multiple places on the same ground. We dig at one place then we leave that place & start digging at another place & there seems to be no water because to reach the source we have to focus & dig in one direction forgetting the other places.
Everything cannot be done at once & doing so there will be no expertise. There will be only chaos & irritation. The mind will be confused & frustrated, there will be no moments of silence & peace.
Mind by default wants to run in every direction like a vehicle without a driver. Mind is greedy & there is a quick demand for everything, it expects the supply very fast & tries to do everything resulting in getting nothing.
To master one thing, we have to focus only on one thing. We have to be disciplined & invest our time in one direction.
Daily practice in one direction is a matter of patience & endurance. These qualities enhance the growth of the mind & make it pure & perfect. The mind responds beautifully when good skills are awakened within the mind.
“The professionals are the ones who focus on one thing which they love doing.”
They devote their life to doing that one thing with totality, with no here & there. Like an arrow in one direction towards the goal. And finally, the arrow hits the target perfectly & the professionalism arises within him.
They become successful & have the secret key in their hands which they can use in anything they desire. The small secret key is one thing at a time.
Quote 8
“The most important decisions you make are not the things you do
but the things you decide not to do.”
Our life is filled with so many irrelevant things & we go on doing them without our awareness of it. We are used to doing them and there is nothing that we get out of it.
We just lose the precious time that we have limited. The irrelevant is not just limited to the physical activities like watching television, unnecessary gossiping, scrolling mobiles, smoking & so on. It is also spread across the mind.
The unwanted things in the mind are in huge quantities. We have been thinking about the things that make no sense. Because the mind cannot hold on, to the thinking process for a moment, it goes in any direction with no meaning.
There are thousands of thoughts that run in the mind & most of them are irrelevant. We mostly think about why things are not happening, we talk about how we have failed in the past & how things are not working out for us. All this thinking is taking us nowhere & we see ourselves exactly where we are.
The first step is to know & observe all the irrelevant things happening in life. It is just like cleaning the house & disposing of all the things that are unused & unwanted and they are just occupying the space there.
When we clean everything the house looks neat & clean and on an invisible plane the vibration of the house changes. It feels & vibrates differently as compared to when all the things were in messy condition.
When the unwanted is erased & erasing it was an important decision so now the most wanted things can be designed & planned. The space that was occupied by the unwanted is vacant & it needs to be replaced with the things that we love.
The complete focus of the mind needs to be shifted from the things that we don’t want to the things that we do want. Making this small shift becomes the cause of a great life ahead. And this is what successful people do. They cut the irrelevant & fill it with the most relevant.
Quote 9
“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.”
It is vital that we find the thing that we love doing the most. The discovery has to be made & the mysterious door has to be unlocked. This is the thing that the soul is waiting for us to do. This is the thing that we were born to do. This is the thing that will connect us to the higher frequencies.
Complete life may dissolve without discovering it & this is what happens with the majority of people. The reason is that no one bothers to look for the things that we love to do because we are programmed to do the things that we are supposed to do. It doesn’t matter to anyone if it gives joy & contentment by doing the thing but because everyone does it so we are supposed to do it.
One boy may hate maths completely but he is supposed to study maths, no one bothers about this boy & what exactly he loves doing. The boy will fail in maths as he does not have any interest in it. He will be confused & irritated because his soul has a different story for him & maths isn’t included in that story. There will be a destruction of the self-confidence of the boy at higher levels.
Once we are trapped in doing things that we didn’t like doing then it looks difficult to get out of that.
We are used to living this way, we are used to working for others by doing a job & we are fulfilling the dream of someone else’s story.
But it’s never too late till we are alive, the search can begin from this very moment, and there isn’t any need to postpone.
Once we discover this thing that we love to do the most then a new life will begin & the work towards this thing will be a great work because there will be excitement & fun doing it.
Quote 10
“If you are working on something exciting that you really care about,
you don’t have to be pushed.
The vision pulls you.”
When we find out the thing that we love doing the most then all the work to be done in this direction is a fun process.
There is excitement & completeness in doing the work because this is what we love doing. We are in alignment with the free natural flow of energy without any blockages.
The body also feels good doing the work & there is no tiredness but a refreshment. We wake up early to do this thing & no one pushes us to get up early, it happens as a by-product.
This changes the complete quality of living as compared to the ordinary life of a person doing a job.
Ordinary person hates to do the job, he isn’t willing to go to the workplace but he pushes himself as he doesn’t find any way but to go there.
The tasks that are given to him are of interest to him, he drags himself to do them. His body is not in alignment & he gets tired early doing a little work.
His energies are blocked & there is no free flow of energy. There is irritation & frustration in his life. And as he goes home with this angry mindset, he continues to feel bad about the job.
“Life looks like a burden when we are not connected to the things that we love doing.”
And the shift is possible by discovering the thing you love the most. If we study successful people, they are the ones doing the things that they love doing.
They devote their time & energy towards a goal & remain persistent in it. As they love their work they don’t have to push themselves. They succeed in a natural & simple way with no complexities involved.
The vision pulls us & it gives a happy & boosted up energy to perform the actions. The vision in front of the mind motivates & inspires us to take action.
Vision is like an electric vibe that gives the power supply to move the mountains.
Successful people doing miraculous things are visionary people & they carry their dream in the forefront of mind giving them the power supply to live higher.
