Think Differently

You either already know where I am going with this or you don't. If you don't I wouldn't bother reading on, it's probably not your thing.

I have neither the eloquence nor the experience to talk about the passing of Steve Jobs with any authority, and lets face it many have written much on the subject already. Still I just can't let this moment in our history (and it will make up a part of my generations history) without saying anything.

I was far more affected on Wednesday than I would have imagined. I did not know Jobs, my only connection to him being the prevalence, in our society, of the products his company have produced. However lets not under-estimate the impact of those products, whatever you think of them. It is not just that though, Jobs was only 56 years old. All else being equal he could have lived another 20 years or more. In the 56 years he was here, he was instrumental in the momentum of a technology boom which was unprecedented in the way it changed the lives of everyone in a true and tangible way.

Maybe the real reason for the lump in my throat, was not for the passing of a man I never met, but the reminder that life is short, and that if I want to live up to my potential to change the world, I need to up my game.

Never-the-less for the strength of that reminder I'd like to leave you with this:

Thanks Steve, and here's to the crazy ones...................................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rwsuXHA7RA