Questions and Answers
What was the age of the speaker when they got fired from Apple?
30
What was the name of the company the speaker co-founded with Woz?
Apple
How much was Apple worth when the speaker got fired?
$2 billion
What did the speaker create just before getting fired?
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Why did getting fired turn out to be a good thing for the speaker?
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What did the speaker realize about their passion after getting fired?
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What does the speaker compare getting fired to?
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What advice does the speaker give to those who haven't found what they love to do?
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What is the speaker's philosophy about doing great work?
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How does the speaker describe the relationship between work and satisfaction?
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Study Notes
Love and Loss
- The narrator found what he loved to do early in life and started Apple with Woz in his parents' garage at 20.
- In 10 years, Apple grew from a garage startup to a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.
- The Macintosh was released a year before the narrator turned 30, and he was fired at 30.
- Getting fired was devastating and made him feel like a public failure, but he realized he still loved what he did.
- The experience freed him to start over and enter a highly creative period in his life.
- Getting fired turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to him.
Importance of Loving What You Do
- The narrator believes that the only thing that kept him going was that he loved what he did.
- You've got to find what you love, and it's as true for your work as it is for your romantic relationships.
- To be truly satisfied, you need to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
- If you haven't found what you love, keep looking and don't settle; you'll know when you find it.
- A great relationship with your work gets better and better as the years roll on.
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Description
This quiz is about Steve Jobs' early life, founding Apple with Steve Wozniak, and getting fired from the company. It's a story of love, loss, and entrepreneurship.
