Posts Tagged ‘steve jobs’
Death helps. Steve Jobs knew this, and unlike me, he didn’t need to die in order to learn it.
Nine minutes into his famous Stanford commencement speech, Steve Jobs discussed the importance he placed on thinking about death during life: “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.” The only difference between Steve Jobs’ view on death and my…
Read MorePixar’s bathroom. Eddie Van Halen’s M&Ms. Enough. We got it.
I’ve heard the story of Pixar’s bathrooms about a thousand times now. Enough. I get it. People peeing together make for great collaboration and great film. I’ve also heard the Van Halen brown M&M story a thousand times, too. Brown M&M’s equal contract accountability. I got it. Last week I heard the M&M story told…
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