Steve Jobs

“Have the courage to follow your heart and your intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.“ - Steve Jobs

I never knew Steve Jobs, never met him, never really thought about him until he resigned from Apple and they showed a picture of him that day, he looked very gaunt, weak and fragile. In that moment I knew the changing of our world was fast approaching.

In his short 56 years on this earth, he did what he set out to do. He changed it. Forever gone are the days of the barbaric and archaic phone interfaces, the way we interact with one another, communication and the elegance of technology can all be attributed to the idea he had, stuck with and pursued, that things...life in fact could be better and he used his life to enrich our own.

I thought to myself on the way into work, which coincidentally is in Cupertino, CA the Apple headquarters, that there was a time when life was much simpler but less entertaining, communicative and far beyond as connected as we are today. How I really would be the last generation who can remember life before the "I" products and how stark of a contrast life was. I however would never want to go back to the Zack Morris cell phone days as I appreciate where we are today.

This really isnt a tribute to Mr. Jobs, its a tribute to the human spirit and conviction. Its a testament to the unconventional and when you set out to do something, no matter how big or how small you can do it. His ideas that the world could be better and his relentless efforts to make it such, are something that I admire and his quote, to which I found only after his passing, is exactly how I've always lived my life.

I would like to say thank you to all of the innovators of the world, because I truly believe we will not know of your greatness, or at least appreciate it, until you're gone.

And to all of those who continue to fight their intuition, heart and internal compass over what we think should be our path, forcing events that have no place in our timeline, please realize that you can in fact change the world, even if its your own. Don't live your life for someone else and never listen to the nay-sayers. Do you and by following your heart and what you feel as though you need to do, you probably will in fact change the perception of those around you, inspiring them to live higher, better, life for themselves.

If I've learned anything from Mr. Jobs its that failure sometimes is the only option, but with that we learn a tremendous amount about who we are, and who we are supposed to be, IF, you're receptive to it and with that, we can change the world.