All For Love - Steve Jobs.

An inspiring story of Steve Jobs.

"I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parent's garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees. We had just released our finest creation - the Macintosh - a year earlier, and I had just turned 30. And then I got fired. How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. So at 30, I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

I really didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrep r e n e u r s down - that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me. I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly. I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me - I still loved what I did. The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit. I had been rejected, but I was still in love. And so I decided to start over.

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. Don't Lose The Faith DURING the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together. I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick.

Don't lose faith.

DURING the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife. Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world. In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I returned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple. It was awful, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

It is a very interesting and inspiring story of Steve Jobs. Always follow your dream. Don't be scared its worth the effort and always rememeber

'Winners never quit and quitters never win.'

If you are not happy where you are and want to try something different go for it. Enjoying what you are doing is the key to sucess and happiness.

Practical Vs Romantic

Is it possible to be practical and romantic at the same time? Will life in the 'fast lane' force you to be practical?

In this world there is no time to be romantic. Probably thats the reason why many people love 'love stories'. Titanic, DDLJ, Adicted to Love have always interested everyone. Who does not want to romance? Experience 'true love'?

A hectic work life, odd working hours... well what can you expect... practical people around.

So what does it take to be romantic
1. A bit of free time.
2. No fear of being hurt.
3. Leave all the worries and problems else where - 'enjoy the moment'
4. Appreciate your partner and just be patient.

Its good to be practical but once in a while be romantic... romance is not just in movies... real life romance is fun and it has an every lasting effect.

Stock Markets - A mystery to solve

Stock Markets are a mystery. Can anyone solve this mystery?

Can anyone understand Stock markets? People who claim are liars.

I have started to invest in the stock market and have been wondering what is going on? Why are the stock prices going up or going down. - 'Understanding trends'. Can I understand treands? I guess not.

Anyone who thinks can understand the stock market just tell me how Wipro market price moved from 624 to 734 in just a week. I tried to understand the reson behind it but could find none.

My friend Chirdeep Sheety... told me to invest in Tata Infotech as he had inside information and that the stock price would increase by 20%. 'Insider Information' - makes a difference...??

Stock Markets are based more on sentiment than on common sense.

Online Affairs

"role of the Internet in the future will be as a source of affairs."

Women in a chat room are often surprised at what develops in a fairly short period of time. At first the conversation is stimulating, though flirtatious. Quickly, however, women are often confronted with increasingly sexual questions and comments. Even if the comments don’t turn personal, women find themselves quickly sharing intimate information about themselves and their relationships that they would never share with someone in person.

reference : http://www.probe.org/docs/onlineaffairs.html

It is an interesting article and a must read... but I have been wondering...

Is it all about 'SEXual affairs' ? Do Emotional Affairs exists? Is the INTERNET an important source of Emotional Affairs?

I feel that Emotional Affairs are a big threat to existing relationships.

Most people have very busy schedules... (working couples... when one is free the other is not... can you blame them?) People feel lonely and try to find other means of entertainment... someone to talk to... to share their problems and views... mailing, chatting and the saga continues. The people involved develop an emotional relationship.... An Emotional Affair.

No relationship can compete with a cyberaffair. Its all a fantasy... taking you away from the reality.