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Steve Jobs: “Don’t Be Trapped by Dogma – Which is Living With the Results of Other People’s Thinking”
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
- Steve Jobs
I love this quote. I think it has great applicability to the community manager.
You have to know who you are and what you want to be – and vigorously pursue that. It’s not about pleasing everyone, it’s not about being loved; it’s about accomplishing goals and catering to your audience.
Think about the people who lead the most successful companies in the world, the most successful ventures, communities, organizations and teams and how they usually have at least some controversy surrounding them and/or a reasonable amount of people that dislike them and make a life out of criticizing them. This is not because they are stupid and not usually because they are overtly doing wrong. It’s because they’ve accomplished something that has placed the attention of others on them and, as such, their moves are more widely scrutinized.
Don’t fall into the trap of operating on everyone’s whim. Listening is OK, but doing what everyone wants is simply unhealthy. Execute the good feedback and follow your vision.
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Nice quote :) The more I think about it, the more I believe it’s one of the most relevant definition about what we do, online community builders.
Patrick, I like that quote, too. Knowing the truth in our own inner voice is sometimes something that comes with experience and age. As a younger man, I couldn’t accurately discern what came from inside and what was the disembodied opinions of those around me.
It’s one reason why I think the best community managers have a wide array of life experiences to draw from in their work. Experiences where communication went down the crapper, where conflict spun out of control, where relationships split apart. These happen every day in our community environments. It’s out of these experiences that we learn and improve not only our selves but our work with others.
Its out of these varied experiences that we can best see a vision, know when to deviate course when necessary, but ultimately how to execute it for the benefit of others.
Thanks for the comments, Dominique and Mr. Bailey. :)
Experience is definitely a valuable thing. Even without it, it’s important to do your best to not be pushed and pulled in every which way or whim. :)
Patrick
Nice quote Patrick, it runs through real life we shouldn’t let others affect our daily living.
The things that affect us the most are the people that we encounter on a daily basis. Looking past that, just do your own thing. You are who you are, don’t let others guide you off your path.
Really loved this quote. I really adore Steve Jobs. His biography reflects this quote best. He always followed his heart and intuition which gave him such success everyone just dream of.
Truly said..I love this quote and as i read it i implement it because we all have to spend our every second with our selves in our own way.
If people have an adequate science education, they would know without being told directly that a lot of what previous generations believed was simply not true. They would know without being told that Christianity is based on myths and dogma for which no corroborating evidence exists. So, you can’t really make people believe this stuff unless some emotional manipulation is involved, right? Like playing on their fears and making them think that bad things will happen if they stop believing in Christian dogma?
Wow what a beautiful quote. But fact is that mostly people don’t believe this.
Really awesome quote. He himself did quit university in the middle of his education to chase his dream and now watch him ruling the world. I really adore this man very much.
Nice quote. He is nice man he always follow his heart just like me.lol
What a significant and meaningful quote by Steve Jobs.well done
I love the quotes of Steve Jobs ever :)
I really adore Steve Jobs. His biography reflects this quote best. He always followed his heart and intuition which gave him such success everyone just dream of.