Post: #1

I guess his advice applies from pick up to sport to business.
Approach anxiety is not just a pick up theme I guess ,it applies to life in general.






"You can change,mould and build your own life.
Once you learn that ,you'll never be the same again"

Post: #2

He followed through too.
If you sent Steve an email, he would often reply.

Post: #3

(01-28-2012 06:38 PM)slotbust5000 Wrote:  He followed through too.
If you sent Steve an email, he would often reply.

Not if your shit was broken he wouldn't. I tried it multiple times.

I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I got 2005 powerbooks that were $2200 you can't do shit with.

Aloha!

Post: #4

Can't speak for the iPhones and Macs, but boy I don't know what I would do without my iPod.

Post: #5

(01-28-2012 07:04 PM)Kona Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 06:38 PM)slotbust5000 Wrote:  He followed through too.
If you sent Steve an email, he would often reply.

Not if your shit was broken he wouldn't. I tried it multiple times.

I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I got 2005 powerbooks that were $2200 you can't do shit with.

Aloha!

Personally I love my iphone, remember the days when cell phones didn't exist? The only time you could get a hold someone was if they were at home to hear the phone ring to answer it, or you'd have to leave a message and wait a million years to hear back.

It's nice that everything is consolidated into one, iphone = cell phone, music player, internet access, gps navigation, and a million other shit into one. How could you possibly think that's a bad thing?

Post: #6

(01-28-2012 07:04 PM)Kona Wrote:  I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I'm inclined to agree with you, though for a different reason -- these iPhones and other electronics could've damned well been made in the United States, for U.S. consumers, by U.S. workers. When the President spoke to Steve Jobs about this, Steve simply stated, "Those jobs aren't coming back."

Definitely agree with the crash and burn sentiment though. If you're not willing to risk everything, why should you stand to gain anything? Adversity to risk makes one soft.

Post: #7

(01-28-2012 07:46 PM)FretDancer Wrote:  Can't speak for the iPhones and Macs, but boy I don't know what I would do without my iPod.

Well, if iPods never existed, you'd be sporting one of these today.

You're young, so you probably think this sucks, but guys over 30 will disagree with you, I loved mine - and it gave me many years of good music!

Mixx

Post: #8

Walkman, I believe those came before the CD player? Or were changed to cd players after sometime?

I still remember putting songs into blank cds to play them on my cd player :')

Post: #9

(01-29-2012 01:40 PM)FretDancer Wrote:  Walkman, I believe those came before the CD player? Or were changed to cd players after sometime?

I still remember putting songs into blank cds to play them on my cd player :')

Definitely before the CD player, as the cassette tape was a decade or two ahead of the CD as a popular format. I'm sure that Sony changed the production lines over to CD players as cassette sales began to wane.

I was born in 1988, but hell, even I had a Walkman for a few years. Didn't get my first CD's until around 1999, and didn't own my first DVD until around 2004.

Post: #10

i find it very inspiring to hear words from people who have achieved great thing, like Steve. the fundamentals are very basic and seem to be repeated everywhere...work hard, have a goal and don't give up...easier said then done!

Post: #11

(01-28-2012 08:20 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 07:04 PM)Kona Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 06:38 PM)slotbust5000 Wrote:  He followed through too.
If you sent Steve an email, he would often reply.

Not if your shit was broken he wouldn't. I tried it multiple times.

I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I got 2005 powerbooks that were $2200 you can't do shit with.

Aloha!

Personally I love my iphone, remember the days when cell phones didn't exist? The only time you could get a hold someone was if they were at home to hear the phone ring to answer it, or you'd have to leave a message and wait a million years to hear back.

It's nice that everything is consolidated into one, iphone = cell phone, music player, internet access, gps navigation, and a million other shit into one. How could you possibly think that's a bad thing?

iPhone are extremely restrictive. as convenient as I find mine I can feel the ball and chain around my neck that Apple imposes with its silly rules which can't be worked around. just think for a second how little the iPhone has changed since it came out. Aside from the game changing apps the iPhone is still a overpriced shiny piece of glass. The phone its self is a piece of tin, its the mules busting their asses in App world whom make the iPhone such a indispensable product.

Steve Jobs was a narcissistic control freak, and probably border line insane - you need all those traits to be a titan of your industry (never said it was a bad thing lol). He helped America ,but fucked it over all at once. Apple rose back to elite levels when he ditched the campfire vibe of Cali and went all out chasing pennies in Asia. They make something like 500% profit on are there products thats fucked.

This is why I never got how dudes cried when home boy passed. He just created a outstanding way to rape your wallet. I don't get how people don't get how Apple plays off the forbidden Apple from the Testament lol. You are left in a trance until you realize your alone and naked. That's Apple to a tee.

Post: #12

(01-29-2012 06:01 AM)MSW2007 Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 07:04 PM)Kona Wrote:  I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I'm inclined to agree with you, though for a different reason -- these iPhones and other electronics could've damned well been made in the United States, for U.S. consumers, by U.S. workers. When the President spoke to Steve Jobs about this, Steve simply stated, "Those jobs aren't coming back."

Definitely agree with the crash and burn sentiment though. If you're not willing to risk everything, why should you stand to gain anything? Adversity to risk makes one soft.

Jobs is an interesting guy to say the least; his fear of failure was admirable and manifested itself over and over in his life, along with his reinvention. People always forget his list of failures, but dude always came back.

I don't like it either, but jobs learned from his failures to become a preeminent globalized manufacturer. The NY Times had a fantastic article (Apple probably didn't like it) "How the U.S. Lost Out on iPhone Work"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/busine...wanted=all

After the 1990s the hippy stuff was gone, replaced by a more ruthless, market-controlling Jobs. Yet everyone still thinks of Apple as Lefty granola chompers. If McDonald's were manufacturing food in China like Apple is doing with Iphones, the protests would never end. Brilliant, IMO.

Post: #13

(02-02-2012 06:44 AM)kosko Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 08:20 PM)OGNorCal707 Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 07:04 PM)Kona Wrote:  

(01-28-2012 06:38 PM)slotbust5000 Wrote:  He followed through too.
If you sent Steve an email, he would often reply.

Not if your shit was broken he wouldn't. I tried it multiple times.

I'm sorry he's dead, but I think Steve Jobs had a lot to do with fucking America up. All these iPhones and $2500 computers 99% of the people that buy don't need.

I got 2005 powerbooks that were $2200 you can't do shit with.

Aloha!

Personally I love my iphone, remember the days when cell phones didn't exist? The only time you could get a hold someone was if they were at home to hear the phone ring to answer it, or you'd have to leave a message and wait a million years to hear back.

It's nice that everything is consolidated into one, iphone = cell phone, music player, internet access, gps navigation, and a million other shit into one. How could you possibly think that's a bad thing?

iPhone are extremely restrictive. as convenient as I find mine I can feel the ball and chain around my neck that Apple imposes with its silly rules which can't be worked around. just think for a second how little the iPhone has changed since it came out. Aside from the game changing apps the iPhone is still a overpriced shiny piece of glass. The phone its self is a piece of tin, its the mules busting their asses in App world whom make the iPhone such a indispensable product.

Steve Jobs was a narcissistic control freak, and probably border line insane - you need all those traits to be a titan of your industry (never said it was a bad thing lol). He helped America ,but fucked it over all at once. Apple rose back to elite levels when he ditched the campfire vibe of Cali and went all out chasing pennies in Asia. They make something like 500% profit on are there products thats fucked.

This is why I never got how dudes cried when home boy passed. He just created a outstanding way to rape your wallet. I don't get how people don't get how Apple plays off the forbidden Apple from the Testament lol. You are left in a trance until you realize your alone and naked. That's Apple to a tee.

These are ridiculous sentiments. Jobs and his products revolutionized the world. It has changed how the world operates at nearly every level.

And guess what, he runs a business...and one of his first responsibilities is to his shareholders. In a world full of corrupt CEOs, we criticize one of best ever for making incredible profits and revolutionizing how we communicate and take in information. Utterly ridiculous....

Post: #14

I agree

Post: #15

(01-29-2012 06:01 AM)MSW2007 Wrote:  I'm inclined to agree with you, though for a different reason -- these iPhones and other electronics could've damned well been made in the United States, for U.S. consumers, by U.S. workers. When the President spoke to Steve Jobs about this, Steve simply stated, "Those jobs aren't coming back."

Well, they WOULD have been made in the United States if

--Unions -- in business and education -- would get the fuck out of the way
--Regulatory bureaucrats would get the fuck out of the way
--Our educational system would actually teach potential workers how to read and write

But since the Statist assholes have taken over our political and educational classes, fuggedaboudit.

By the way, the other lesson Steve Jobs teaches?

If you get enough power and money, you can be a total prick and get away with it.

Post: #16

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If you get enough power and money, you can be a total prick and get away with it.


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Thats a classic line. Thats the shit that makes me want to be rich, i want to truly feel how does it feel to make serious money, im not talking 250k per year, im talking serious money.

Post: #17

(02-05-2012 01:11 PM)pitt Wrote:  [quote


If you get enough power and money, you can be a total prick and get away with it.

Thats a classic line. Thats the shit that makes me want to be rich, i want to truly feel how does it feel to make serious money, im not talking 250k per year, im talking serious money.
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250K will do me,any more and I'm sure I'll fuck my life irrepairably!

Post: #18

Pil the problem with aiming for just 250k per year is that people who usually aim for that kind of money, they hardly make it and thats because they are not ambitious enough. Now, when you aim for one million bucks per year, you will certainly make that 250k per year, well of course other variables will influence you making or not making that kind of money.

250k per year is good money but you still have to think about your expenditures, now, when you are making over one million per year, you hardly rationalize, unless you buying really expensive stuff frequently.

Post: #19

edit

Post: #20

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/26/busine...china.html

"The next year, a Foxconn employee fell or jumped from an apartment building after losing an iPhone prototype. Over the next two years, at least 18 other Foxconn workers attempted suicide or fell from buildings in manners that suggested suicide attempts. In 2010, two years after the pilot program fell apart and after multiple suicide attempts, Foxconn created a dedicated mental health hotline and began offering free psychological counseling."