Steve Jobs Admired These Two Engineers Who Built a $28 Billion Tech Empire — Here're 37 One/Two Liner Lessons I Learnt From Them
These Lessons Touched Me Deeply
In 2009, Steve Jobs was so sick that he couldn’t even travel with his family on vacation.
Even during those days he clearly remembered how much Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett influenced him.
After his return to Apple, he wanted to do what Bill and Dave had done with HP.
I explored the lives of Dave Packard and Bill Hewlett and these are my 37 learnings from their lives.
When we grow older, we can look back over many years and see how certain unimportant events changed our business or professional trajectory.
Anyone who can explain things clearly to help another person understand a topic could spark your interest in a topic.
A mentor who you can truly at a young age is a blessing from God.
Being born and raised in a city filled with tough and violent people will make you rock hard.
Some of your childhood friends will give you life-long memories.
When you start helping others with some activities, you will want to learn more about the activity.
Never stop your child from exploring their curiosity.
Lloyd worked in the evenings at an amusement park to support his family, as his sister and his mother suffered from tuberculosis. Sometimes circumstances force a boy to become a man.
Do experiments and have fun, but don’t do experiments that could end your life. Don’t die.
Your father will be the only one who will go out of his way to help you when no one is willing to help you.
Given equally good players and good teamwork, the team with the strongest will to win will prevail.
If someone gives a free tour of a place or an institution, never say no.
Don’t make important decisions in life based on just your father’s and mother’s advice. Follow your curiosity.
If you have joined a university to study, just study. Don’t try to become an athlete. Focus on one thing.
Playing a team sport at a smaller level can help you learn how to build a winning team.
Selling something at an early age can teach you more than an MBA.
Curiosity can beat talent. If someone is curious to know how things work, they can spend hours with the same things for a long time.
If you share a common interest with one person, it will help you develop mutual understanding and respect.
Hiring college graduates and putting them to work in the various test departments can only happen when the young person does not follow their curiosity.
It’s not always an employee mistake.
Sometimes the instruction may be incorrect. Personal communication is necessary with written instructions.
Doing a job in a company is only justified when you’re going to start a business in the same domain.
Networking with the right people is easy when you’re doing a job. You are being paid to network.
Before, there were no dating apps or websites. People used to meet their life partners through their friends and family.
Risking your high-paying job is not the right way to move forward when you don’t have a business plan.
Stay in touch with your former mentor. If they helped you once, they will help you again if you tell them your correct situation.
A supportive partner can make or break your business.
The garage is the best place to start a workshop if you don’t have money. Keep an eye out for empty basements.
In the starting days of your business, do the miscellaneous jobs that will make sure you have the right skills to run the business.
Make sure you and your cofounder have complementary skills. Bill Hewlett was better with circuit technology. David Packard was better trained in the manufacturing process.
Market demand will start to guide you. You just have to launch the first few products based on your intuition.
Don’t stop educating yourself when you start running your business. Educating yourself is essential.
In the early days of your business, you have to build, price, package, and ship the product. These things will teach you more than a business school.
Cash flow is a frequent problem in the early days of business.
In the initial days, larger banks will not be there to support you, but smaller banks will understand your needs.
Most businesses die from indigestion rather than starvation.
Have a profit-sharing program within your company. It will encourage teamwork and act as an important bond between employees and company success.
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