Why did Steve Jobs feel “Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool
that I’ve encountered to help me make the big choices in life”? Discuss in the light of the
passage.
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What did the doctor mean when he told Steve Jobs to “get my affairs in order”?
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Why did the author feel that Death is the best invention of Life according to the passage?
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The author says “don’t waste it living someone else’s life”. What/who does ‘it’ refer to?
How do we lead someone’s life?
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What according to you did the author mean when he told the young graduates “Stay
Hungry. Stay foolish.
Answers
Answer:
Steve Jobs is a revolutionary and visionary thinker, philosopher, inventor and marketing genius who co-founded Apple. He invested in Pixar -an animation company.
He is best remembered for Apple products such as Macintosh, iPhone, iPad, and iTunes.
Explanation:
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool
that I’ve encountered to help me make the big choices in life"
The inevitability and imminence of death made Steve Jobs make better choices in his life. He knew that his time was limited.
"Get my affairs in order" means to arrange how one's things would be handled after death for example the distribution of inheritance and succession in the Apple company.
Death is the best invention of Life according to the passage due to the fact that death enables new things to assume the place of the old things.
"Don’t waste it living someone else’s life” It here means life
Stay Hungry. Stay foolish. Means that one should use their brains to succeed.