Steve Jobs: Millennial Motivator

Steve Jobs has passed away, far too early if you ask me. The innovations that he has produced over the years have changed the way we listen to music, communicate and learn. We also have some of our favorite childhood movies to thank him for: Toy Story (1,2 & 3), Monsters Inc., Finding Nemo and Cars.

But he didn’t just leave millennials with great childhood movies, iPods and iPhones, he left us with a piece of mind about our future:

“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 gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.” - Steve Jobs

This quote is what makes our generation unique. This is what we have been told our whole lives. We should strive to do something that we love and make a difference doing what we love. As each of us enters the workforce and gains more and more experience, I think we will see dreamers quickly become doers. We will no longer be saying “I’d love to do this” but we will be saying, “I do this because I love it”. Steve Jobs believed we could find that career that would make us exceptional, now we have to believe it.