史蒂夫·賈伯斯(Steve Jobs),出生於美國加利福尼亞州三藩市,美國發明家、企業家、美國蘋果公司聯合創辦人。
史蒂夫·賈伯斯被認為是電腦業界與娛樂業界的標誌性人物,他經歷了蘋果公司幾十年的起落與興衰,先後領導和推出了麥金塔電腦(Macintosh)、iMac、iPod、iPhone、iPad等風靡全球的電子產品,深刻地改變了現代通訊、娛樂、生活方式。史蒂夫·賈伯斯同時也是前Pixar動畫公司的董事長及行政總裁。
1.Do you want to spend the rest of your life selling sugared water or do you want a chance to change the world?
你想用賣糖水來度過餘生,還是想要一個機會來改變世界?
2.Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new。
死亡很可能是唯一的、最好的生命創造。它是生命的促變者。它送走老一代,給新一代開出道路。
3.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。
你如果出色地完成了某件事,那你應該再做一些其他的精彩事兒。不要在前一件事上徘徊太久,想想接下來該做什麼。
4.There’s a phrase in Buddhism, ‘Beginner’s mind.’ It’s wonderful to have a beginner’s mind。
佛教中有一句話:初學者的心態;擁有初學者的心態是件了不起的事情。
5.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。
是否能成為墓地裡最富有的人,對我而言無足輕重。重要的是,當我晚上睡覺時,我可以說:我們今天完成了一些美妙的事。
6.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose。
謹記自己總會死去,是讓自己避免陷入“人生有所失”思考的最佳方法。
7.Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.…Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice。
你的時間有限,不要浪費於重複別人的生活。不要讓別人的觀點淹沒了你內心的聲音。
8.Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary。
要有勇氣追隨心聲,聽從直覺–它們在某種程度上知道你想成為的樣子。其他事情都是其次的。
9.Life is brief, and then you die, you know?
人生短暫,過著過著你就沒了,明白嚒?
10.You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new。
你不能只問顧客要什麼,然後想法子給他們做什麼。等你做出來,他們已經另有新歡了。
11.Stay hungry, stay foolish.
求知若饑,虛心若愚。
12.Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
創新決定你是領袖還是跟隨者。
13.Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
設計不只是外表和感覺,設計是產品如何運作。
14.We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?
活著就是為了改變世界,難道還有其他原因嗎?
15.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.
成就的唯一途徑是熱愛自己的事業,如果你還沒找到的話,繼續尋找,不要屈就。
16.Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is better than two doubles.
質重于量,一支全壘打比兩支安打好多了。
17.Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.
成為卓越的代名詞,有些人並不適應需要超凡素質的環境。
18.You know, we don’t grow most of the food we eat. We wear clothes other people make. We speak a language that other people developed. We use a mathematics that other people evolved… I mean, we’re constantly taking things. It’s a wonderful, ecstatic feeling to create something that puts it back in the pool of human experience and knowledge.
我們知道,並不是每個人都需要自己種糧食,也不是每個人都需要自己去做衣服,我們說著別人發明的語言,用著別人發明的數學……我是說,我們一直在使用別人的成果。使用人類已有的知識和經驗來進行發明創造是一件讓人欣喜若狂的事情。
19.I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.
我願意用我所有的科技去換取和蘇格拉底相處的一個下午。
20.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.
成就偉業的唯一途徑就是熱愛自己的事業。如果你還沒能找到讓自己熱愛的事業,那就繼續尋找,不要止步。追隨自己的內心,總有一天你會找到。
21.We think basically you watch television to turn your brain off, and you work on your computer when you want to turn your brain on.
我們認為,當你看電視的時候,你‘關閉’了你的大腦,只有在你工作時,你的大腦才會打開。
22.I’m the only person I know that’s lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year…. It’s very character-building.
我是我所知的唯一一個在一年中損失了2.5億美元的人…這對我的成長很有幫助。
23.Focusing is about saying No.
專注就是說不
24.Think different.
非同凡響。
25.The journey is the reward.
過程就是獎勵。
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