Next

I just learned that Steve Jobs was once let go from Apple. In that downtime, he created a new company which eventually brought him back as Apple's leader. Here's an excerpt he said about his experience:

I really didn’t know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs 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. ....

I’m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn’t been fired from Apple. It was awful tasting medicine, 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. And 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.

The company he created in that time was called, "Next."

that's a wrap!

finished filming my episode today... and i was once again reminded of why i have the world's best fiance.

Rilke on Marriage...

(dedicating this post to all of this year's couples gettin' hitched)

The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries; on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust. A merging of two people is an impossibility, and where it seems to exist, it is a hemming-in, a mutual consent that robs one party or both parties of their fullest freedom and development. But once the realization is accepted that even between the closest people infinite distances exist, a marvelous living side-by-side can grow up for them, if they succeed in loving the expanse between them, which gives them the possibility of always seeing each other as a whole and before an immense sky.

Don't Rain On My Parade

Hey World, Here I am!

Don't tell me not to fly, I've simply got to
If someone takes a spill, It's me and not you
Don't bring around a cloud to rain on my parade.

Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life's candy and the sun's a ball of butter
Who told you you're allowed to rain on my parade?

I'm gonna march my band out.
I'll beat my drum.
And if I'm fanned out,
Your turn at bat, sir.
Hey, at least I didn't fake it, hat, sir
So what I didn't make it?

But whether I'm the rose of sheer perfection,
A freckle on the nose of life's complexion,
A Cinderella or a shine apple of its eye
I gotta fly once. I gotta try once.
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, love is juicy. Juicy and you see,
I gotta have my bite, sir

So get ready for me love cause I'm a "comer"
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer
Don't bring around the cloud to rain on my parade

I gotta fly once. I gotta try once.
Only can die once, right, sir?
Ooh, love is juicy. Juicy and you see,
I gotta have my bite, sir

Get ready for me love, 'cause I'm a "comer"
I simply gotta march, my heart's a drummer.
Nobody, I said Nobody,
Nobody had better rain on my parade!

Mmm Hmm.