Menjadi Wirausaha
Enterpreneur adalah darah hidup dari ekonomi sehat ; mereka menciptakan pekerjaan, kesempatan.Dampak sosio ekonomis dari entrepreneurship
1. menciptakan lapangan kerja
2. meningkatkan kualitas hidup
3. meningkatkan pemerataan pendapatan
4. memanfaatkan dan memobilisasi sumber daya untuk meningkatkan produktivitas nasional
5. meningkatkan kesejahteraan pemerintahan melalui program pemerintah seperti pajak.
Apa seyogyanya kita lakukan sebagai mahasiswa?
1. mindset job creator
2. peningkatan kualitas hidup
3. kemampuan mengembangkan diri
Mengapa mengajar kewirausahaan untuk engineer dan scientist?
1. mendukung perkembangan ekonomi regional
2. untuk kemampuan mahasiswa - untuk menolong/membantu teknisi dan scientist mengerti lebih baik mengenai bisnis
3. untuk meningkatkan konpetitif universitas
4. untuk meningkatkan konpetitif nasional dari suatu negara
Intrapreneur = orang yang berjiwa intrepreneur yang bekerja pada orang lain.
Peran Dunia Usaha Dalam Pembangunan Bangsa
- Karakteristik Usaha Mikro dan Kecil
| Positif | Negatif |
| 1. Tahan banting 2. Flexibel 3. Mandiri 4. Efisien 5. Self/Family Financing | 1. Informal 2. Skala ekonomi rendah 3. Tidak ada standar & SOP 4. Belum menerapkan prinsip2 manajemen 5. Tidak disiapkan u/ menjadi besar |
- Entrepreneurial Mindset
1. Action oriented
2. Berpikir simple
3. Selalu mencari peluang baru
4. Mengejar peluang dengan disiplin tinggi
5. Hanya mengambil peluang terbaik
6. Fokus pada eksekusi
7. Memfokuskan energi setiap orang dalam bisnis
- Karakteristik entrepreneur sukses
1. Komitmen total, determinasi dan keuletan hati
2. Dorongan kuat untuk berprestasi
3. Berorientasi pada kesempatan dan tujuan
4. Inisiatif dan tanggung jawab
5. Pengambilan keputusan yang persisten
- Usaha yang sesungguhnya
1. Didasarkan motif untuk melayani dan memperoleh kemandirian
2. dengan ketulusan, kerja keras dan inovasi
3. Bukan jalan pintas
4. Membangun secara bertahap
P3 = Pola Pikir yang benar
= Perilaku yang benar
= Perkataan yang benar
-Berorientasi Pada Tindakan-
ciri-ciri interpreneur = mampu mengambil keputusan dan bertindak cepat
8th Habits of highly effective people "Stephen Covey"
1. Proaktif
2. Bermula dari ujung pemikiran
3. Dahulukan hal yang utama
4. Berpikir menang-menang
5. Memahami untuk dipahami
6. Sinergi
7. Menajamkan ketahanan, flesibilitas, dan kekuatan
8. Menemukan keunikan dan membantu orang lain menemukannya.
-Pengambilan Risiko-
Risiko = Ketidakpastian, konsekuensi yang memunculkan dampak yang merugikanKonsep risiko
*Jenis-jenis risiko
1. Risiko Murni
- Risiko hilang/rusaknya aset
- kecelakaan kerja
- Akibat tuntutan hukum
- risiko operasional lainnya
- bencana alam
2. Risiko spekulatif
- risiko perubahan harga
- risiko kredit
*Bentuk kerugian akibat risiko
1. Kerugian langsung
= nominal yang harus ditanggung akibat dampak langsung risiko yang terjadi
2. Kerugian tidak langsung
= kemungkinan profit yang gagal diterima ; munculnya biaya operasional tambahan ; kesempatan investasi yang hilang ; kerugian lainnya
Bagaimana mengkalkulasi risiko?
1. tentukan seberapa sering risiko terjadi
2. tentukan dampak yang timbul dari risiko
3. hitung kemungkinan prediksi kerugian (frekuensi x dampak)
Pengelolaan risiko
1. mulai dari risiko yang memiliki kemungkinan prediksi kerugian terbesar
2. pilihan strategi pengelolaan
Bagaimana menghadapi risiko?
1. risiko tidak untuk menjadi penghambat untuk maju
2. identifikasi risiko yang berpotensi muncul
-Kepemimpinan Entrepreneur-
6 ciri terkait kemimpinan efektif1. dorongan
2. kehendak untuk memimpin
3. kejujuran dan integritas
4. kecerdasan
5. kepercayaan diri
6. pengetahuan terkait pekerjaan
Teori kepemimpinan konvensional
gaya demokratis = melibatkan bawahan, delegasi wewenang,mendorong partisipasi
gaya otokratis = mendiktekan metode kerjaan, membatasi partisipasi
gaya laissez faire = memberi kebebasan pada kelompok untuk membuat keputusan.
Kepemimpinan model kontemporer
*Kepemimpinan transaksional
= pemimpin yang membimbing / memotivasi pengikutnya menuju sasaran yang ditetapkan dengan memperjelas / persyaratan tugas.
*Kepemimpinan Transformasional
= pemimpin yang memberi inspirasi untuk bertindak melebihi kepentingan pribadi dari organisasi
Kepemimpinan Model Terkini
*Kepemimpinan kharismatis
= pemimpin yang antusias dan percaya diri yang kepribadian dan tindakannya mempengaruhi orang untuk berprilaku dengan cara tertentu
*Kepemimpinan Visioner
= pemimpin yang melampaui kharisma karena kemampuannya menciptakan dan menyatakan visi yang realistis, layak dipercaya dan menarik mengenai masa depan.
Perilaku pemimpin yang efektif
1. memberi contoh kepada para karyawan
2. menghargai dan mendukung karyawan
3. menciptakan suatu tatanan nilai dan keyakinan bagi para karyawan
4. mempertahankan selera humor
5. menatap terus masa depan
6. dll
Kriteria seorang kepemimpinan entrepreneur
1. menginovasi
2. melakukan yang orisinil
3. mengembangkan
4. mengilhami
5. memancarkan kharisma
6. dll
-Etika Bisnis-
Berbisnis dengan etis :- berperilaku jujur dalam menjalankan aktivitas bisnis
- mentaati tata nilai
- walk the talk (konsisten ucapan dengan perbuatan)
pemahaman mengenai etika dalam bisnis
- usaha yang langgeng adalah usaha yang menjunjung nilai etika
- perusahaan tumbuh besar dimulai dari moral,etika, dan hukum
Apakah etika?
- Suatu pedoman untuk mendapatkan hidup yang bernilai/bermartabat
- etika memberikan petunjuk tindakan-tindakan apa yang benar dan apa yang salah.
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Comparison of Time Intensity of Using Facebook with Grade Point Average of Politeknik Caltex Riau Students
The research study released by Ohio State University showed that students who use facebook spent less time to study and get low score than the students who did not use this social site. According to the report, 79% the college students mentioned that this social site does not affect their learning. The research of Ohio State University found that 85% of undergraduates use facebook, while 52% of graduate students have a facebook account. The fact of this research is that facebook user that usually studies 1-5 hours per week have average score about 3 to 3.5, but the students that do not use facebook that study 11-15 hour per week have average score about 3.5 to 4.
The research data by Ohio State University motivate us to do a research towards the students of Politeknik Caltex Riau. Will the research result match the research data by Ohio State University? Will the influence of social media affect the grade point average of Politeknik Caltex Riau students?
There were 30 college students of Politeknik Caltex Riau in this study.
-Materials
Information was gathered using manual calculation. Participants were also asked to report their average hours of using facebook per week and their GPA.
-Procedure
Each participant was asked to complete the questionnaire package.
Informations from the graph :
1. The college students who play facebook 1-10 hours per week and have GPA above 3.00 are 18 students.
2. The college students who play facebook 1-10 hours per week and have GPA under 3.00 are 5 students.
3. The college students who play facebook more than 10 hours per week and have GPA above 3.00 are 3 students.
4. The college students who play facebook more than 10 hours per week and have GPA under 3.00 are 4 students.
Only 10% of college students who spend their time using facebook more than 10 hours have GPA above 3.00.
We have to be smart in dividing our time which is our duty as a student, so our time for studying is not spent to online in the social sites.
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Ramandito. “Riset pada Sistem Jejaring Sosial Facebook”. 10 Jan. 2010. blog.ugm.ac.id. 15 Jun.2010
Firman, Muhammad. “Banyak Main Facebook, Nilai Jadi Buruk”. 14 Apr. 2009. Vivanews.com. 15 Jun. 2010
Abstract
This survey is to know about the average of intensity time in using facebook for college students. This survey was done by giving questionnaires to 30 college students. This research was done to know the comparison between average time in using facebook that was done by students of Politeknik Caltex Riau with the grade point average that he/she got. It is hoped that from the comparison that was done, students that got the grade point average below standard was not because they were spending their time for playing social media such as facebook. Introduction
Nowadays, the use of computer is not only for data processing but also starting as an entertainment function. Many social sites sometimes make us addicted for using internet as entertainment. The example of social site with many facilities that was given by the sites is facebook. This social site has confiscate attention of many people especially in Indonesia. This social site was used by all ages that not only young people but also old people. They do not want to miss to use it. The advent of facebook has given many advantages and disadvantages.The research study released by Ohio State University showed that students who use facebook spent less time to study and get low score than the students who did not use this social site. According to the report, 79% the college students mentioned that this social site does not affect their learning. The research of Ohio State University found that 85% of undergraduates use facebook, while 52% of graduate students have a facebook account. The fact of this research is that facebook user that usually studies 1-5 hours per week have average score about 3 to 3.5, but the students that do not use facebook that study 11-15 hour per week have average score about 3.5 to 4.
The research data by Ohio State University motivate us to do a research towards the students of Politeknik Caltex Riau. Will the research result match the research data by Ohio State University? Will the influence of social media affect the grade point average of Politeknik Caltex Riau students?
Method
-ParticipantsThere were 30 college students of Politeknik Caltex Riau in this study.
-Materials
Information was gathered using manual calculation. Participants were also asked to report their average hours of using facebook per week and their GPA.
-Procedure
Each participant was asked to complete the questionnaire package.
Results
Graph 1. Comparison of Time Intensity of Using Facebook with Grade Point Average of Politeknik Caltex Riau Students
Informations from the graph :
1. The college students who play facebook 1-10 hours per week and have GPA above 3.00 are 18 students.
2. The college students who play facebook 1-10 hours per week and have GPA under 3.00 are 5 students.
3. The college students who play facebook more than 10 hours per week and have GPA above 3.00 are 3 students.
4. The college students who play facebook more than 10 hours per week and have GPA under 3.00 are 4 students.
Discussion
The result of our survey is that the college students who don’t spend a lot of time using facebook (not more than 10 hours per week) have higher GPA than the college students who spend their time using facebook more than 10 hours per week.Only 10% of college students who spend their time using facebook more than 10 hours have GPA above 3.00.
Conclusion
In internet there were many social sites that given by user. So, we as students have to be smart to choose what is good or bad. Don’t let criminal cases that happened in virtual world make us become a victim or a suspect.We have to be smart in dividing our time which is our duty as a student, so our time for studying is not spent to online in the social sites.
References
Firman, Muhammad, and Edwin Solahuddin. “Facebook Raih 350 Juta Pengguna.” 4 Feb. 2010. Vivanews.com. 15 Jun. 2010 Ramandito. “Riset pada Sistem Jejaring Sosial Facebook”. 10 Jan. 2010. blog.ugm.ac.id. 15 Jun.2010
Firman, Muhammad. “Banyak Main Facebook, Nilai Jadi Buruk”. 14 Apr. 2009. Vivanews.com. 15 Jun. 2010
1. Life is what you make it out to be
If you don’t know anything about Steve Jobs other than generic public knowledge, here’s a quick run down of his background:
He was born out of wedlock, to graduate student parents who gave him up for adoption thereafter.
He was adopted and raised in a working class family. His foster father fixed cars for a living.
His biological parents wanted a girl, not a boy.
He dropped out of college, after only 1 semester. His highest qualification was high school.
While he was attending Reed (his college), he would be “sleeping on the floor in friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple”.
In 1985, he was fired, very publicly, from the very company he founded (Apple), after losing a power struggle with the board of directors. (He would then later return as CEO (in 1997) after Apple bought over NeXT, the company Steve founded after leaving Apple.)
In 2003, he discovered he had cancerous tumor in his pancreas. He would then engage in a long battle with cancer for the next 8 years, till his recent passing.
Most people who didn’t know Steve would assume he probably had a privileged life, had a silver spoon in his mouth, and had his path to success laid out before him.
But it wasn’t the case, as you could see above. He was born out of wedlock. He wasn’t the child his parents wanted. He was given up for adoption. He was fired from the company he created. He was publicly humiliated during that time. And he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which ultimately took his life.
While he was not necessarily dealt with the best cards, it didn’t matter a single bit. Rather than complain or let himself be paralyzed by the situations, he made the best out of what he was given –then went to create the kind of life he wanted, eventually becoming the CEO of one of the most valued companies in the world, a billionaire many times over, and one of the most respected people in the world today.
When life gives you a curveball, what do you do? Do you (a) sit and whine about it (b) make the best out of it or (c) throw the curveball back at life and create your home run? Most people do (a) – these are the whiners. Some people do (b) – these people generally do good, but that’s about it. Few people do (c) – these are the true winners.
You always have a choice in how you live your life. Don’t victimize yourself because no matter how bad things may seem at the moment, there are hundreds to hundred thousands of people out there who are worse off than you. When you rise above what you are given, that’s when you soar.
2. Dream big – very big
Before Apple’s rise in the last decade, Microsoft was the undisputed giant in the world of personal computers. Before iPod, mp3 players were known only as mp3 players. Before iTunes, it seemed almost unlikely for anyone would pay for music online, when music piracy was so rampant. Before iPhone, Nokia was the long-time market leader for mobile handsets. Before iPad, there didn’t seem to be a need for tablet computers – PCs and laptops seemed to do the job just fine.
In each situation, no one would have ever thought things would change.
But the status quo was broken, each time, with exceeding results. With each product release, Steve Jobs (and his team) revolutionized the industry and created a new movement – from personal computing, to mp3 players, to music distribution, to mobile phones, to tablet computers.
iPod became integral to the lifestyle of masses, became synonymous with mp3 players, and paved the way to the collapse of CD sales. iTunes became the #1 music vendor in US in 2008, with 10 billion song downloads as of 2010 (after just 7 years of being online). iPhone created a demand for touchscreen phones, broke Nokia’s long-time market leadership and changed the game of the mobile phone industry. iPad 2 sold more than all other tablet PCs combined since the iPad’s release (in 2010) and is expected to account for 83% of the tablet computing market share in US by 2011 (source).
These happened because Steve allowed himself to dream big – to see beyond what was in the present, to think outside the box, to go where no one had ventured before.
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Apple’s Think Different commercial (#9 on the list)
How do you set your goals? Do you base them on what has already been achieved out there? Or do you base them on your boldest, grandest, deepest heart’s desire? The latter is how you’re going to create a movement and shake the world. What are your biggest, wildest dreams? Set them and go for them.
3. The greatest things started somewhere
Steve Jobs started Apple in his parents’ garage, along with high-school buddy Steven Wozniak. Not exactly the most glamorous start for the world’s largest technology company today – Not that it mattered, because it would never have grown if there was never a start in the first place.
I often hear of people saying that they can’t do X because they need to wait for A, B and C to be in place. Fair enough, but are these prerequisites really necessary or are they just excuses not to take action? If we are forever waiting for things to be perfect, when will we start taking action then?
I started Personal Excellence 3 years ago with a free basic WordPress template, a semi-casual introduction post, and no readership to boot. Today it has evolved into one of the top personal development blogs online. As of Oct ’11, we are tracking to hit almost hitting a million pageviews a month. We got from A to B because I didn’t wait to take action. I just launched the blog, despitehaving and knowing nothing, and took things from there.
Likewise for you, how can you get started on your dreams today, even if in a small capacity? It’s from starting that you get to somewhere. The greatest things were at a time, but just a dream.
4. Certifications don’t matter
“Truth be told, I never graduated from college. And this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.” – Steve Jobs, during his address at Stanford Commencement 2005
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs
dropped out of Reed after just 1 semester. His highest education qualification was high school level. He would become one of the many billionaire school dropouts today who would put the age old belief that certification is essential for success in life to shame.
I’m not saying to quit studying or not to have any cerification. After all, I myself am a college graduate and a product of the formal education system.
All I’m saying is that whether you succeed or not in life is independent of your certification. There are people who succeed in life and are graduates, just as there are people who succeed and don’t have any certification. What’s more important is your skill level, your attitude, and your aptitude (which can subsequently be honed through 10,000 hours). I shared the same thoughts previously in Ask Celes – Are Coaching Courses Necessary To Be a Coach?
If you are studying at the moment, or if you have plans to study/get some form of certification in the future, be conscious of why you are pursuing it, and whether it meets your needs.
For those who are in school – Are you drifting your way through school so you can get a piece of paper at the end of your course, as a ticket to the working world? For those who have earned your certifications – Are you hiding behind them as a safety shield and using them as an excuse not to grow? And for those who don’t have certifications in what you want to pursue in – Are you letting this be an excuse not to pursue what you want to do in life?
5. Live every day like it is your last
Steve Jobs was a strong proponent of living life to the fullest – every day. This was clear from many of his quotes:
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror 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.”
“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.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because 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, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.”
If you reflect it on yourself, as you living your life to the fullest? Or are you wasting your days away,sleepwalking? If you were to die today, will you die happy or with regrets? What can you do about those regrets now, before it’s too late? What are all the things you want to do before you die? How can you start working on them now?
6. Stop listening to what others say
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. 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.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
Steve Jobs faced his fair share of naysayers in his lifetime. When he was fired very publicly from Apple in 1985, he was dismissed by the industry as a “flash in the pan” – i.e., had a showy beginning, but with nothing to tell at the end. Business leaders and press saw him as a has-been.
What followed though, was one of the most remarkable comebacks in business history.
After getting fired, Steve went on to create NeXT, a computer platform development company. He also purchased the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd, and later spun it off as Pixar (which was subsequently acquired by Disney in 2006).
“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
In 1996, in an ironic twist of events, Apple, after a decade of steady losses since firing Steve Jobs, acquired NeXT for the computer platform system which it was missing. Steve stepped in as interim CEO in 1997, before being appointed as official CEO in 2000.
Under his leadership, Apple was brought back from the brink of bankruptcy, and is today the largest company in the world (surpassing Microsoft in 2011) by both revenue *and* profit. He continued to serve as the CEO until 2011 this year (when he quit to tend to his health).
How’s that for size?
If Steve Jobs had listened to his detractors when he was fired, he would never have achieved the success he did. Rather, he listened to his heart and did what he felt he had to do. Being guided by that led him to realize his goals – many times over.
“People sometimes have goals in life. Steve Jobs exceeded every goal he ever set for himself.” - Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, on Steve Jobs
Whatever your dreams are, follow them. Don’t listen to the naysayers, the people who discourage you from living the life of your heart’s desire. Following their words will only make your life a shadow of theirs’, not the life you’re looking for. Listen to your inner voice and follow it, because you can never go wrong with it.
7. Do not underestimate the impact you can have on the world
“I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was just 1 person, but look at how he revolutionized the technology industry and impacted masses with his work. It’s safe to say that iPod, iPhone, iTunes, iPad, among his other creations have positively impacted millions (if not billions) of lives around the world. This would have never happened if he didn’t pursue his dreams.
Likewise for you, there is a world out there waiting for you to impact it. Are you ready to start your revolution?
“Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?” — Steve Jobs’ legendary pitch to John Sculley (then PepsiCo CEO) in 1983, to get him to run Apple (Sculley later pushed Jobs out of Apple in 1985)
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” – Steve Jobs
What is the change you want to bring to this world? What do you need to do to make it happen? How can you start your revolution, with effect from today?
8. Failure only happens when you deem it to be so
Steve Jobs was fired from the very company he created. By most people’s standards, this would be the epitome of failure. Most people would give up, hide from the world and wallow in self-pity, right at this point.
Not him though. As I detailed in #6, he went on to create 2 successful companies (NeXT and Pixar), got rehired into Apple, turned it around in one of the biggest comebacks in business history, and made it the biggest technology company today. He never gave up on himself and fought for what he believed in.
Many of you often ask me how I got the confidence to quit everything in my life and plunge right into pursuing my passion back in 2008. How about failure – what if I failed? What would I have done?
Here’s the thing about failure – The biggest lesson I learned about failure is this: There is no failure until you deem it to be so. This means even if you lose all your money, go bankrupt, lose your housing, suffer some major setback, or fall flat on your face, you have not failed. It is only one of the many, many mid-points towards your end goal. The only point you fail is when you give up – because that’s when the story ends.
That’s the reason why I was able to pursue my path so relentlessly, without hesitation, even in the early days when I had no supposed reason to believe everything would work out. I knew as long as I kept going, it was a matter of time before I reached my goal. Anything that was going to happen before that would merely be an occurrence along the journey – nothing more, nothing less.
So if you often hold back in your decision making because you’re afraid to fail, know that failing doesn’t exist until you declare you have failed. So as long as you keep going, and have no intentions to give up on your dreams, you can never fail. It’s a matter of time before you get to where you want to be.
9. Do what you love
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is [...] to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
I talk about the importance of pursuing your passion all the time, with good reason. You have the rest of your life to work, so rather than do something you don’t like THEN retire and do the things you’ve been meaning to do all your life, why not pursue your passion and make that your life’s work? Sure, you *may* have to backtrack a bit where income is concerned, but that’s just temporary. As long as you deliver top value, and keep outdoing yourself (see #11), it’s a matter of time before you achieve *both* passion AND money.
Don’t make yourself work in a job you dislike, because that will be to waste your life away. Do what you love, because that’s what life is about – doing the things you love.
10. Have faith – Never lose hope
“Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs, on getting fired from Apple back in 1985
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
Even when things looked bleak, Steve always had faith that things would work out okay one day. It kept him going and allowed him to make the best out of his life (see #5).
No matter what rough patch you may be going through now, don’t give up. Don’t lose hope either. As long as you keep going, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel. You are not here to suffer – you are here to blossom as an individual. Everything happens for a reason, and it’s up to you to assign that reason. (see #1)
11. Outdo yourself – Over, and over again
As I mentioned in the beginning of the article, I don’t follow any of Apple’s news or of its product releases/updates. Hence, news on iPhone 3/4/5, MacBook Air, iPod mini/nano/shuffle/touch/etc are lost on me.
However, the fact that people care about these models, discuss about them at length and continue to buy them (over and beyond initial hype), shows they do find value in the new models. Be it thinner, lighter, faster, longer battery life, or increased functionality, these upgrades are things which consumers find valuable, and have their lives improved as a result.
“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.” – Steve Jobs
“None. It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.” – Jobs responding to whether he did market research for the iPad
What I love about Steve Jobs is how he relentlessly pursued betterment, both in his life and his work. He was already successful in his early years, but this didn’t stop him from wanting to become better. Beyond settling for status quo, he kept pushing for innovation – each time creating one game changing product after another. Because of that, he kept growing, and so did Apple.
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
If you look at your past 3-5 year history, have you been outdoing yourself? Or have you been stagnating? What can you do to outdo yourself? As the CEO of your life, what is the new trajectory of growth you want to embark for the next few years?
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If you don’t know anything about Steve Jobs other than generic public knowledge, here’s a quick run down of his background:
He was born out of wedlock, to graduate student parents who gave him up for adoption thereafter.
He was adopted and raised in a working class family. His foster father fixed cars for a living.
His biological parents wanted a girl, not a boy.
He dropped out of college, after only 1 semester. His highest qualification was high school.
While he was attending Reed (his college), he would be “sleeping on the floor in friends’ rooms, returning Coke bottles for food money, and getting weekly free meals at the local Hare Krishna temple”.
In 1985, he was fired, very publicly, from the very company he founded (Apple), after losing a power struggle with the board of directors. (He would then later return as CEO (in 1997) after Apple bought over NeXT, the company Steve founded after leaving Apple.)
In 2003, he discovered he had cancerous tumor in his pancreas. He would then engage in a long battle with cancer for the next 8 years, till his recent passing.
Most people who didn’t know Steve would assume he probably had a privileged life, had a silver spoon in his mouth, and had his path to success laid out before him.
But it wasn’t the case, as you could see above. He was born out of wedlock. He wasn’t the child his parents wanted. He was given up for adoption. He was fired from the company he created. He was publicly humiliated during that time. And he was diagnosed with a rare form of pancreatic cancer, which ultimately took his life.
While he was not necessarily dealt with the best cards, it didn’t matter a single bit. Rather than complain or let himself be paralyzed by the situations, he made the best out of what he was given –then went to create the kind of life he wanted, eventually becoming the CEO of one of the most valued companies in the world, a billionaire many times over, and one of the most respected people in the world today.
When life gives you a curveball, what do you do? Do you (a) sit and whine about it (b) make the best out of it or (c) throw the curveball back at life and create your home run? Most people do (a) – these are the whiners. Some people do (b) – these people generally do good, but that’s about it. Few people do (c) – these are the true winners.
You always have a choice in how you live your life. Don’t victimize yourself because no matter how bad things may seem at the moment, there are hundreds to hundred thousands of people out there who are worse off than you. When you rise above what you are given, that’s when you soar.
2. Dream big – very big
Before Apple’s rise in the last decade, Microsoft was the undisputed giant in the world of personal computers. Before iPod, mp3 players were known only as mp3 players. Before iTunes, it seemed almost unlikely for anyone would pay for music online, when music piracy was so rampant. Before iPhone, Nokia was the long-time market leader for mobile handsets. Before iPad, there didn’t seem to be a need for tablet computers – PCs and laptops seemed to do the job just fine.
In each situation, no one would have ever thought things would change.
But the status quo was broken, each time, with exceeding results. With each product release, Steve Jobs (and his team) revolutionized the industry and created a new movement – from personal computing, to mp3 players, to music distribution, to mobile phones, to tablet computers.
iPod became integral to the lifestyle of masses, became synonymous with mp3 players, and paved the way to the collapse of CD sales. iTunes became the #1 music vendor in US in 2008, with 10 billion song downloads as of 2010 (after just 7 years of being online). iPhone created a demand for touchscreen phones, broke Nokia’s long-time market leadership and changed the game of the mobile phone industry. iPad 2 sold more than all other tablet PCs combined since the iPad’s release (in 2010) and is expected to account for 83% of the tablet computing market share in US by 2011 (source).
These happened because Steve allowed himself to dream big – to see beyond what was in the present, to think outside the box, to go where no one had ventured before.
“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Apple’s Think Different commercial (#9 on the list)
How do you set your goals? Do you base them on what has already been achieved out there? Or do you base them on your boldest, grandest, deepest heart’s desire? The latter is how you’re going to create a movement and shake the world. What are your biggest, wildest dreams? Set them and go for them.
3. The greatest things started somewhere
Steve Jobs started Apple in his parents’ garage, along with high-school buddy Steven Wozniak. Not exactly the most glamorous start for the world’s largest technology company today – Not that it mattered, because it would never have grown if there was never a start in the first place.
I often hear of people saying that they can’t do X because they need to wait for A, B and C to be in place. Fair enough, but are these prerequisites really necessary or are they just excuses not to take action? If we are forever waiting for things to be perfect, when will we start taking action then?
I started Personal Excellence 3 years ago with a free basic WordPress template, a semi-casual introduction post, and no readership to boot. Today it has evolved into one of the top personal development blogs online. As of Oct ’11, we are tracking to hit almost hitting a million pageviews a month. We got from A to B because I didn’t wait to take action. I just launched the blog, despitehaving and knowing nothing, and took things from there.
Likewise for you, how can you get started on your dreams today, even if in a small capacity? It’s from starting that you get to somewhere. The greatest things were at a time, but just a dream.
4. Certifications don’t matter
“Truth be told, I never graduated from college. And this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.” – Steve Jobs, during his address at Stanford Commencement 2005
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs
dropped out of Reed after just 1 semester. His highest education qualification was high school level. He would become one of the many billionaire school dropouts today who would put the age old belief that certification is essential for success in life to shame.
I’m not saying to quit studying or not to have any cerification. After all, I myself am a college graduate and a product of the formal education system.
All I’m saying is that whether you succeed or not in life is independent of your certification. There are people who succeed in life and are graduates, just as there are people who succeed and don’t have any certification. What’s more important is your skill level, your attitude, and your aptitude (which can subsequently be honed through 10,000 hours). I shared the same thoughts previously in Ask Celes – Are Coaching Courses Necessary To Be a Coach?
If you are studying at the moment, or if you have plans to study/get some form of certification in the future, be conscious of why you are pursuing it, and whether it meets your needs.
For those who are in school – Are you drifting your way through school so you can get a piece of paper at the end of your course, as a ticket to the working world? For those who have earned your certifications – Are you hiding behind them as a safety shield and using them as an excuse not to grow? And for those who don’t have certifications in what you want to pursue in – Are you letting this be an excuse not to pursue what you want to do in life?
5. Live every day like it is your last
Steve Jobs was a strong proponent of living life to the fullest – every day. This was clear from many of his quotes:
“When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror 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.”
“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.”
“Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.”
“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because 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, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.”
If you reflect it on yourself, as you living your life to the fullest? Or are you wasting your days away,sleepwalking? If you were to die today, will you die happy or with regrets? What can you do about those regrets now, before it’s too late? What are all the things you want to do before you die? How can you start working on them now?
6. Stop listening to what others say
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. 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.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
Steve Jobs faced his fair share of naysayers in his lifetime. When he was fired very publicly from Apple in 1985, he was dismissed by the industry as a “flash in the pan” – i.e., had a showy beginning, but with nothing to tell at the end. Business leaders and press saw him as a has-been.
What followed though, was one of the most remarkable comebacks in business history.
After getting fired, Steve went on to create NeXT, a computer platform development company. He also purchased the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd, and later spun it off as Pixar (which was subsequently acquired by Disney in 2006).
“I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
In 1996, in an ironic twist of events, Apple, after a decade of steady losses since firing Steve Jobs, acquired NeXT for the computer platform system which it was missing. Steve stepped in as interim CEO in 1997, before being appointed as official CEO in 2000.
Under his leadership, Apple was brought back from the brink of bankruptcy, and is today the largest company in the world (surpassing Microsoft in 2011) by both revenue *and* profit. He continued to serve as the CEO until 2011 this year (when he quit to tend to his health).
How’s that for size?
If Steve Jobs had listened to his detractors when he was fired, he would never have achieved the success he did. Rather, he listened to his heart and did what he felt he had to do. Being guided by that led him to realize his goals – many times over.
“People sometimes have goals in life. Steve Jobs exceeded every goal he ever set for himself.” - Steve Wozniak, Apple co-founder, on Steve Jobs
Whatever your dreams are, follow them. Don’t listen to the naysayers, the people who discourage you from living the life of your heart’s desire. Following their words will only make your life a shadow of theirs’, not the life you’re looking for. Listen to your inner voice and follow it, because you can never go wrong with it.
7. Do not underestimate the impact you can have on the world
“I want to put a ding in the universe.” – Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs was just 1 person, but look at how he revolutionized the technology industry and impacted masses with his work. It’s safe to say that iPod, iPhone, iTunes, iPad, among his other creations have positively impacted millions (if not billions) of lives around the world. This would have never happened if he didn’t pursue his dreams.
Likewise for you, there is a world out there waiting for you to impact it. Are you ready to start your revolution?
“Do you want to sell sugared water for the rest of your life, or do you want to come with me and change the world?” — Steve Jobs’ legendary pitch to John Sculley (then PepsiCo CEO) in 1983, to get him to run Apple (Sculley later pushed Jobs out of Apple in 1985)
“We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” – Steve Jobs
What is the change you want to bring to this world? What do you need to do to make it happen? How can you start your revolution, with effect from today?
8. Failure only happens when you deem it to be so
Steve Jobs was fired from the very company he created. By most people’s standards, this would be the epitome of failure. Most people would give up, hide from the world and wallow in self-pity, right at this point.
Not him though. As I detailed in #6, he went on to create 2 successful companies (NeXT and Pixar), got rehired into Apple, turned it around in one of the biggest comebacks in business history, and made it the biggest technology company today. He never gave up on himself and fought for what he believed in.
Many of you often ask me how I got the confidence to quit everything in my life and plunge right into pursuing my passion back in 2008. How about failure – what if I failed? What would I have done?
Here’s the thing about failure – The biggest lesson I learned about failure is this: There is no failure until you deem it to be so. This means even if you lose all your money, go bankrupt, lose your housing, suffer some major setback, or fall flat on your face, you have not failed. It is only one of the many, many mid-points towards your end goal. The only point you fail is when you give up – because that’s when the story ends.
That’s the reason why I was able to pursue my path so relentlessly, without hesitation, even in the early days when I had no supposed reason to believe everything would work out. I knew as long as I kept going, it was a matter of time before I reached my goal. Anything that was going to happen before that would merely be an occurrence along the journey – nothing more, nothing less.
So if you often hold back in your decision making because you’re afraid to fail, know that failing doesn’t exist until you declare you have failed. So as long as you keep going, and have no intentions to give up on your dreams, you can never fail. It’s a matter of time before you get to where you want to be.
9. Do what you love
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is [...] to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle.” – Steve Jobs
I talk about the importance of pursuing your passion all the time, with good reason. You have the rest of your life to work, so rather than do something you don’t like THEN retire and do the things you’ve been meaning to do all your life, why not pursue your passion and make that your life’s work? Sure, you *may* have to backtrack a bit where income is concerned, but that’s just temporary. As long as you deliver top value, and keep outdoing yourself (see #11), it’s a matter of time before you achieve *both* passion AND money.
Don’t make yourself work in a job you dislike, because that will be to waste your life away. Do what you love, because that’s what life is about – doing the things you love.
10. Have faith – Never lose hope
“Sometimes life’s going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.” – Steve Jobs, on getting fired from Apple back in 1985
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.” – Steve Jobs, Stanford Commencement Speech 2005
Even when things looked bleak, Steve always had faith that things would work out okay one day. It kept him going and allowed him to make the best out of his life (see #5).
No matter what rough patch you may be going through now, don’t give up. Don’t lose hope either. As long as you keep going, you will see the light at the end of the tunnel. You are not here to suffer – you are here to blossom as an individual. Everything happens for a reason, and it’s up to you to assign that reason. (see #1)
11. Outdo yourself – Over, and over again
As I mentioned in the beginning of the article, I don’t follow any of Apple’s news or of its product releases/updates. Hence, news on iPhone 3/4/5, MacBook Air, iPod mini/nano/shuffle/touch/etc are lost on me.
However, the fact that people care about these models, discuss about them at length and continue to buy them (over and beyond initial hype), shows they do find value in the new models. Be it thinner, lighter, faster, longer battery life, or increased functionality, these upgrades are things which consumers find valuable, and have their lives improved as a result.
“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.” – Steve Jobs
“None. It’s not the consumers’ job to know what they want.” – Jobs responding to whether he did market research for the iPad
What I love about Steve Jobs is how he relentlessly pursued betterment, both in his life and his work. He was already successful in his early years, but this didn’t stop him from wanting to become better. Beyond settling for status quo, he kept pushing for innovation – each time creating one game changing product after another. Because of that, he kept growing, and so did Apple.
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” – Steve Jobs
If you look at your past 3-5 year history, have you been outdoing yourself? Or have you been stagnating? What can you do to outdo yourself? As the CEO of your life, what is the new trajectory of growth you want to embark for the next few years?
--> Got inspire..thank you.. i would share for all.. ^^
source : http://personalexcellence.co/blog/steve-jobs/
