What is your date of death ? .
Think about it “What… is… your… date… of… death…?”
Some of us could die tomorrow, some in months time, some this year, some in the near future. We all will die one day irrespective of our state in life’s journey. Death waits for nothing.
According to Steve Jobs the iconic entrepreneur, “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. Right now the new is you,…”
Steve is a business icon. A man who reinvented himself, business models and broke all conventions. An iconoclast of established business practices and a roaring success. A lot of entrepreneurs In their sincere effort to replicate his Success,invest time and money to learn and adopt his design principles, approach to business, maneuvers, showmanship etc…
It’s important to learn from other. Problem is learning is different from doing. Doing requires adapting our learning to the circumstances we operate in. This requires self- awareness, self motivation and environmental awareness.
In a famous speech at Stanford graduation he also stated “For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the answer has been ‘No’ for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something”
It is extremely clear from his statement that he focused a lot on self awareness. In other words, his outlook to Life helped him become Successful in Business. He was very particular with his activities each day and the meaningfulness of those activities to him.Any time, he felt consistent inertia with the above points, he pushed himself to change and that led him to a new path.
Based on my reading of Steve’s words and deeds, its clear that
- Success is never achieved without Excellence.
- Excellence is never achieved without passionate Pursuit
- Choosing what to pursue comes with Self Awareness
- Self Awareness is an outcome of what we do with Time each day.
So, Entrepreneurs ask yourself “What did i do Today ?”
Note : I am inspired by this very same thought to create a mobile app named ZENITH. More details in the upcoming posts.
