Steve Jobs: The Secret That Will Change Your Life
You can build the life you want. Many people don’t believe this though because they don’t have the right information or haven’t seen evidence for themselves. But it’s true.
And there’s one simple insight that can help you change your path. The insight comes from Steve Jobs, the late founder of Apple.
Jobs is the mind behind the iPhone, a device that has changed how we interact with information and each other. And his genius can be mapped to an observation he has about the world we live in.
The Secret Insight That Will Change Your Life.
Here is Steve Jobs’s greatest insight:
“When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is, your life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the walls too much, try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money.
That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
The World Is Far More Malleable Than People Tell You.
Let’s unpack this quote and see what we can learn.
“When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is.”
This is likely because the people around you haven’t learned to create and build. Your family, friends, and co-workers may all believe that things can’t be changed. And social proof means that you will think and act like the people around you.
If you want to hear a different story, surround yourself with different people.
You’re Living A Pre-Internet Life.
“Your life is just to live your life inside the world, try not to bash into the walls too much, try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life.”
This is a pre-internet way of thinking. This is the same line as “go to school, get a job, have a family, buy a house, and retire.” This is the story you are told from high school onwards. It’s the story you are still hearing today from those in power.
But this advice is not applicable anymore. You are in a world where you can work remotely from anywhere using the internet. You can now create, scale, and then monetize your passion. There are no walls. They only exist in your mind.
When You Learn To Create, You Can Do Anything.
“Life can be much broader, once you discover one simple fact, and that is that everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you.”
The only limit to your life is your ability to imagine what it can be. This may sound corny, but it’s impossible to do great things if you don’t believe you can do them. That’s the first step – building a solid belief system.
And Jobs gives you a mental trick to hook onto. Everything you see around you was built by someone no more special than you are. From the chair you’re sitting on, to the mobile phone you’re reading on, to the clothes you’re wearing… all of this was created by people just like you.
You Can Build Things Other People Can Use.
“And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”
You can build the life you want. This site exists because I wanted a database of wealth building tools gathered from self-made millionaires and billionaires. I couldn’t find it, so I built it himself.
You, too, can build the things you want to see in the world. It takes time, patience, a lot of trial and error, and a bit of luck. But you can do it.
“Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
Once you learn that you can build things that other people find valuable, you’ll never be the same. It’s a special feeling. And once you have that confidence, no one can take it away from you.
Start now.