You have NOTHING to Lose – Steve Jobs Interview

there’s no risk now that that’s why you

there’s no risk now that that’s why you need to do it young that’s why we

need to do it young that’s why we

need to do it young that’s why we started Apple we said you know we have

started Apple we said you know we have

started Apple we said you know we have absolutely nothing to lose I was 20

absolutely nothing to lose I was 20

absolutely nothing to lose I was 20 years old at the time woz was twenty

years old at the time woz was twenty

years old at the time woz was twenty four or five so we have nothing to lose

four or five so we have nothing to lose

four or five so we have nothing to lose me we have no families no children no

me we have no families no children no

me we have no families no children no houses woz had an old car you know I had

houses woz had an old car you know I had

houses woz had an old car you know I had a Volkswagen van I mean all we were

a Volkswagen van I mean all we were

a Volkswagen van I mean all we were going to lose is that our cars and the

going to lose is that our cars and the

going to lose is that our cars and the shirts off our back we had nothing to

shirts off our back we had nothing to

shirts off our back we had nothing to lose and we had everything to gain and

lose and we had everything to gain and

lose and we had everything to gain and we figured even if we crash and burn and

we figured even if we crash and burn and

we figured even if we crash and burn and lose everything the experience will have

lose everything the experience will have

lose everything the experience will have been worth ten times the cost so what

been worth ten times the cost so what

been worth ten times the cost so what did we have to lose there was no risk

did we have to lose there was no risk

did we have to lose there was no risk and that’s you know I think that’s a

and that’s you know I think that’s a

and that’s you know I think that’s a very healthy way to look at it some

very healthy way to look at it some

very healthy way to look at it some people say well you could have gone to

people say well you could have gone to

people say well you could have gone to college and been a lawyer well you’re

college and been a lawyer well you’re

college and been a lawyer well you’re right but you can go to college and be a

right but you can go to college and be a

right but you can go to college and be a lawyer when you’re 25 and there’s

lawyer when you’re 25 and there’s

lawyer when you’re 25 and there’s nothing that stops you from doing that

nothing that stops you from doing that

nothing that stops you from doing that you really the only thing you really

you really the only thing you really

you really the only thing you really have in your life is time and if you

have in your life is time and if you

have in your life is time and if you invest that time in yourself to have

invest that time in yourself to have

invest that time in yourself to have great experiences that are going to

great experiences that are going to

great experiences that are going to enrich you then you can’t possibly lose

enrich you then you can’t possibly lose

enrich you then you can’t possibly lose so I always advise people don’t wait do

so I always advise people don’t wait do

so I always advise people don’t wait do something when you’re young when you

something when you’re young when you

something when you’re young when you have nothing to lose and keep that in

have nothing to lose and keep that in

have nothing to lose and keep that in mind and I think that’s the best way not

mind and I think that’s the best way not

mind and I think that’s the best way not that people can start companies when

that people can start companies when

that people can start companies when they’re 50 I’ve seen that very

they’re 50 I’ve seen that very

they’re 50 I’ve seen that very successful companies but it’s a lot

successful companies but it’s a lot

successful companies but it’s a lot easier when you’re young and have

easier when you’re young and have

easier when you’re young and have nothing to lose and don’t have the

nothing to lose and don’t have the

nothing to lose and don’t have the responsibilities to other people that

responsibilities to other people that

responsibilities to other people that you will acquire later on in your life