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Steve Jobs Interview – “You’ve got to be willing to fail”


I’ve actually always found something to

I’ve actually always found something to be very true which is most people don’t

be very true which is most people don’t

be very true which is most people don’t get those experiences because they’d

get those experiences because they’d

get those experiences because they’d never asked I’ve never found anybody

never asked I’ve never found anybody

never asked I’ve never found anybody that didn’t want to help me if I asked

that didn’t want to help me if I asked

that didn’t want to help me if I asked him for help I always call him up I

him for help I always call him up I

him for help I always call him up I called up this will date me but I called

called up this will date me but I called

called up this will date me but I called up Bill Hewlett when I was 12 years old

up Bill Hewlett when I was 12 years old

up Bill Hewlett when I was 12 years old and he lived in Palo Alto his number was

and he lived in Palo Alto his number was

and he lived in Palo Alto his number was still in a phonebook and he answered the

still in a phonebook and he answered the

still in a phonebook and he answered the phone himself did not yes hi I’m Steve

phone himself did not yes hi I’m Steve

phone himself did not yes hi I’m Steve Jobs I’m 12 years old I’m a student in

Jobs I’m 12 years old I’m a student in

Jobs I’m 12 years old I’m a student in high school and I want to build a

high school and I want to build a

high school and I want to build a frequency counter and I was wondering if

frequency counter and I was wondering if

frequency counter and I was wondering if you had any spare parts I could have and

you had any spare parts I could have and

you had any spare parts I could have and he laughed and he gave me the spare

he laughed and he gave me the spare

he laughed and he gave me the spare parts to build his frequency counter and

parts to build his frequency counter and

parts to build his frequency counter and he gave me a job that summer in Hewlett

he gave me a job that summer in Hewlett

he gave me a job that summer in Hewlett Packard working on the assembly line

Packard working on the assembly line

Packard working on the assembly line putting nuts and bolts together on

putting nuts and bolts together on

putting nuts and bolts together on frequency counters he got me a job in

frequency counters he got me a job in

frequency counters he got me a job in the place that built them and I was in

the place that built them and I was in

the place that built them and I was in heaven and I’ve never found anyone who

heaven and I’ve never found anyone who

heaven and I’ve never found anyone who said no or hung up the phone when I call

said no or hung up the phone when I call

said no or hung up the phone when I call I just asked and when people asked me I

I just asked and when people asked me I

I just asked and when people asked me I try to be as responsive to pay that that

try to be as responsive to pay that that

try to be as responsive to pay that that debt of gratitude back most people never

debt of gratitude back most people never

debt of gratitude back most people never pick up the phone and call most people

pick up the phone and call most people

pick up the phone and call most people never ask and that’s what separates

never ask and that’s what separates

never ask and that’s what separates sometimes the people that do things from

sometimes the people that do things from

sometimes the people that do things from the people that just dream about them

the people that just dream about them

the people that just dream about them got it you got to act and you’ve got to

got it you got to act and you’ve got to

got it you got to act and you’ve got to be willing to fail you’ve got to be

be willing to fail you’ve got to be

be willing to fail you’ve got to be willing to crash and burn you know with

willing to crash and burn you know with

willing to crash and burn you know with people on the phone with starting a

people on the phone with starting a

people on the phone with starting a company whatever if you’re afraid of

company whatever if you’re afraid of

company whatever if you’re afraid of failing you won’t get very far

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