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miércoles, 12 de octubre de 2011

THINK DIFFERENT!!!

Watch this video which is a tribute to Steve Jobs. Here he talks about 3 important stories in his life.
This video summarizes a little bit his philosophy in life. What do you think of it?

His character helped define a generation and change the world. He is co-founder of the fairytale company we now know as Apple Computers. And he is the visionary of the personal computers world that led the entire computer hardware and software industry to restructure itself.

He was a witty man and very good at creating catchy phrases. He always thought that there was no shortcut to excellence, you have to love what you do and do always what you love. He said that it was wonderful to have a "beginner´s mind" because you can face life "full of curiosity, wonder, amazement"
He was a businessman-philosopher, and the philosophy he embraced was the fundamental cause of his remarkable productivity, success, and happiness.

What was important to Jobs was not making money per se, but the process of creation. “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me,” he said. “Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful . . . that’s what matters to me.”


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Try to answer the following questions:
1.What are the 3 stories about?
2. Why do you think his mother decided to put him up for adoption?
3.When he started to work for APPLE, how many employees did the company have? and What did they create?
4. How old was he when all this happened?
5. He was fired by the company, but in the end he thought that his was a good thing for him. Why?
6. Later he returned to apple. There was a change in the company. In what sense?
7. Why death is so important to help us in our lives?
8.  Can you summarize  Steve´s  pieces of advice to succeed in life?  He gives us different  tips to follow our heart and intuition. They summarize his philosophy of life.  Try to write them down  
9. Do yo understand  the meaning of his last sentence "Stay hungry, stay foolish"? It can be  considered a very good summary of his ideas and his way of life. Try to explain its meaning

10 comentarios:

Jaime Jimenez Gonzalez dijo...

THE NINE QUESTION :

1- The first story is about connecting the dots. The second story is about love and loss. And the last story is about death.
2- Because when he was younger, his parents didn´t have many money. Therefore Steve Jobs was adopted.
3- 400 employees.
4- He was 30.
5- Because he meet amazing woman.
6- In the technology
7- Because the death help his make the big choices.
8- You follow your heart, you have to trust, gut, confidence to follow your heart, off the well - worn path, your time is limited, don´t be trapped by dogma, don´t let the noise of others opinions, you own inner voice, heart and intuition, everything else is secondary,...
9- Stay hungry, stay foolish mean for me: that in you stay to have hungry o no. You must and can avoid.

Antonio Vaz dijo...

1.- The first story is about connecting the dots, The second story is about love and loss, The third story is about death.

2.- They didn´t have enought money to take care.

3.- 400 employees.

4.- around 30 years.

5.- he met his wife.

6.- technologically speaken.

7.- is the most important tool for help to make the big choices.

8.- Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life, And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

9.- to achieve your goals you need stay hungry and also a bit foolish

LOS ATRAPAZETAS dijo...

Think Different!
.Questions:

1.What are the 3 stories about?
.His first story is about connecting the dots.
.His second story is about love and loss.
.His third story is about death.

2. Why do you think his mother decided to put him up for adoption?
.Because was young and was not prepared for have a son.

3.When he started to work for APPLE, how many employees did the company have? and What did they create?
.4000 employees / Computers, keyboards, televisions ...

4. How old was he when all this happened?
.Around thirty, more or less.

5. He was fired by the company, but in the end he thought that his was a good thing for him. Why?
.Because he had the opportunity to know which was his wife.

6. Later he returned to apple. There was a change in the company. In what sense?
.In the technological sense.

7. Why death is so important to help us in our lives?
.Is the most important thing for help to make the big choices.

8.Can you summarize Steve´s pieces of advice to succeed in life? He gives us different tips to follow our heart and intuition. They summarize his philosophy of life. Try to write them down.
.You have to live life to the fullest, being yourself, being guided mainly by intuition or heart.

9. Do you understand the meaning of his last sentence "Stay hungry, stay foolish"? It can be considered a very good summary of his ideas and his way of life. Try to explain its meaning.
.To achieve the objectives we have to try everything, even stay hungry and stay foolish as he says.

Sara Benítez Gómez dijo...

THINK DIFFERENT !
Answers:

1.the first story is about connecting the dots. it's about the start of his life.
the second story is about love and loss. it's about his wife, his job and that he woked hard.
the third story is about death. it's about the time has a limit.

2.Because she was younger and prematur mother, and i think that she couldn't be a good mother and maybe she hadn't the money enough.

3.there were 4000 employers. he created computers.

4.he was around 30 years old.

5.when he was fired he became a beginner again, and he met his wife.

6.when he arrived to the company the technology had changed.

7.It is the most important thing for help to make the big choices.

8.he said that the time has a limit, and you have to follow your heart and your intuitions, and everything else is secundary. you have to live your life.

9.its means that you have to want more, do more things, learn more things and never stop to want more.

Ana Marina dijo...

1)The histories are: Before his born , his biological mother put him for adoption, second history is about love and lost and the end story it is about death
2) Because she was a young unwed graduate student, and she thought that she was unable of look to a child
3)When he started work in Apple , in the company was working 400 employers. They created computers .
4) He just turned thirty
5) Because he was fell in love with an amazing woman
6) Because the company improve with the technological advances.
7) Because when you know that you aren´t eternal , you can look the life with other eyes and this help to make the big choices.
8)He said that our time is limited so we don´t waste that living someone else´s life and we can be free to make our decisions without external influence
9) I think the phrase means , that : The time is really valuable , for this reason , we spend it with important thing , eat is important, but not is the most important in the life , I think he wants to say .. who care about elementals things , only gets that things , no more , consequently he or she doesn´t progress because he only look for this things.

Anónimo dijo...

1.What are the 3 stories about?
The first story is about his adoption, the second is about his job in Apple and his wife Laurene and third one is about what is worth in life and death.

2. Why do you think his mother decided to put him up for adoption?
Because she was so young and maybe she couldn't afford having a baby at that age by some economical reasons or anything else.

3.When he started to work for APPLE, how many employees did the company have? and What did they create?
At first there were only 2 employees.
They created the Macintosh.
4. How old was he when all this happened?
He was 30.
5. He was fired by the company, but in the end he thought that his was a good thing for him. Why?
Because he changed the heavyness of being successful by the lightness of being a beginer again so he felt free and started growing his creativity, plus he met his wife.

6. Later he returned to apple. There was a change in the company. In what sense?
The company improved with a lot of technological advances.

7. Why death is so important to help us in our lives?
Because when you realize that life really has an end you start thinking about what are you doing and try to do your best paying attetion to the things that are really important so when your end comes you can say that you've been happy

8. Can you summarize Steve´s pieces of advice to succeed in life? He gives us different tips to follow our heart and intuition. They summarize his philosophy of life. Try to write them down
He says that our time is limited so it's important not to waste it living someone else's life and we can be free to make our decisions without external influence, we have to do what our inner voice says following our heart and intuition.

9. Do yo understand the meaning of his last sentence "Stay hungry, stay foolish"? It can be considered a very good summary of his ideas and his way of life. Try to explain its meaning

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Unknown dijo...

1.What are the 3 stories about?
1 about a man´s birthday.2 about the love and 3 about death

2. Why do you think his mother decided to put him up for adoption?
Because she was very young and she wouldn´t care for the baby.

3.When he started to work for APPLE, how many employees did the company have? and What did they create?
4000 employees.

4. How old was he when all this happened?
30 yeras old.

5. He was fired by the company, but in the end he thought that his was a good thing for him. Why?
Because the succesfull was by replaced by the lightness and he and was beginner again, after he married with an amazing woman.

6. Later he returned to apple. There was a change in the company. In what sense?
All the technology was improved a lot.

7. Why death is so important to help us in our lives?
Because death is something that is going to reach everyone,and we have to face it withpride and without fear.

8. Can you summarize Steve´s pieces of advice to succeed in life? He gives us different tips to follow our heart and intuition. They summarize his philosophy of life. Try to write them down
If you want to achieve somenthing you have to fight for it anf you cant let to the fear or to the indecision take over you.

9. Do yo understand the meaning of his last sentence "Stay hungry, stay foolish"? It can be considered a very good summary of his ideas and his way of life. Try to explain its meaning
I think with this he try to advises us to look forward in all the moments.

mario dijo...

1.three stories the first account the connection of two points to second speaks of love and the end and the third death
2.When he was younger and nobody could care was taken
3.4000 employees
4.approximately 30 years
5.he met his wife.
6. the technology was improved a lot.
7.because we will all die and we must face it without fear
8.if you have something to do you have to fulfill it without fear
9.at some point have to go through suffering to achieve goals

Unknown dijo...

Think Different!
.Questions:

1.What are the 3 stories about?
His first story is about connecting the dots.
His second story is about love and loss.
His third story is about death.

2. Why do you think his mother decided to put him up for adoption?
Because he was very young and he could not have a child

3.When he started to work for APPLE, how many employees did the company have? and What did they create?
4000 employees / Computers, keyboards, televisions ...

4. How old was he when all this happened?
About thirty years

5. He was fired by the company, but in the end he thought that his was a good thing for him. Why?
Because he met his wife


6. Later he returned to apple. There was a change in the company. In what sense?
In the technological sense.

7. Why death is so important to help us in our lives?
Because it helps make big decisions


8.Can you summarize Steve´s pieces of advice to succeed in life? He gives us different tips to follow our heart and intuition. They summarize his philosophy of life. Try to write them down.
Have to live life, being yourself, each with its own personality always listening to the heart


9. Do you understand the meaning of his last sentence "Stay hungry, stay foolish"? It can be considered a very good summary of his ideas and his way of life. Try to explain its meaning.
We have to go hungry, stay foolish and things happen to us in life to meet the objectives