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LeBron James Used A Steve Jobs Speech To Motivate The Cavs To Victory (bgr.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BGR: Well, LeBron James finally accomplished what he set out to do when he announced his triumphant return to the Cleveland Cavaliers 2014: he brought an NBA championship to Cleveland. Going into the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers were clear underdogs. And once the Cavs went down three games to one, the odds in Vegas that LeBron and co. could take back the series were as high as +900. Looking back at the Cavaliers' historic championship run and odds-defying victory, ESPN has a fascinating piece up detailing how LeBron sought to find every and anything that could help motivate his teammates and help them believe that an unprecedented comeback was indeed within the realm of possibility. And interestingly enough, one of the sources of inspiration James turned to was Steve Jobs. Specifically, James played portions of Steve Jobs' iconic 2005 Stanford University commencement speech to rally the troops ahead of game 3. "You can't connect the dots looking forward," Jobs passionately said, "you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." You can watch Jobs' aforementioned speech in its entirety here on YouTube.
How is this news for nerds? Other than a mention of Steve Jobs.
but the NBA got what it wanted, a 7-game series. the Mouse won't have to pay advertisers any make-good money.
It's called Hindsight Bias A logical fallacy.
Not only is it used by folks to say they knew it all along. But it's also used by folks to judge others with "you should have known better." for actions that no person could possibly have known the outcome.
Life is quite unpredictable but we have this cultural delusion that it is.
We have a media that reports only on the successes in our society - the people that took irrational risks and made it and don't report on the majority who do the same and fail miserably. As a result, we have a very distorted view of the likelihood of success in this country and as a result judge people who fail as people with an inherit character deficiency.
Even in death he is more inspirational than any other leaders. The Linux community wishes they had someone with 1/10th of the motivational skills the almighty Jobs had.
Sue him for a gazillion dollars for copyright infringement!
Isn't that how it works if you take an excerpt of something someone else did and use it for your own profit?
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This methodology sort of failed Jobs when he decided against a western-medicine treatment for his pancreatic cancer. Although, it may not have made a difference.
I do recall him saying, near the end, that was his biggest regret.
Who is LeBron James? Who are the Cavs?
>>This approach has never let me down
Up until needless death from curable cancer.
Hitler was a great orator.
LeBron should have used an Elon Musk speech.
Get with the times LeBron!
...because the Splash Brothers didn't play well enough to win, that's it. The speech is BS.
Tired of my customary (Score:1)
And I developed Kodachrome in my toilet tank.
"Cuz everything looks worse in black 'n white."
Captcha -- Fingered
Repeat after me teammates... You are NOT my Child. You are NOT my daughter. The test results are in and they say there is a one in 13 million chance you are not my child... so you better keep looking.
I wasn't born in this country (but English IS my first language)
cav (singular) is short for cavalry (as in Air-Cav helicopter mobile troops first used in 'Nam
or is it CAV = Computer Aided Visualization?
Incoming!
Godwin at 2 O'Clock!
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
I was never a fan of Apple or of Steve Jobs.
I've been a Windows/Linux guy since the 90s'.
Apple fanbois, etc and the cult surrounding Apple has always turned my stomach(and continues to, to this very day).
However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away.
I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
The story of his life, what he did and how he did it is hard to describe and really "you couldn't make this stuff up".
I was really stunned by the different sides of Steve Jobs personality, which shows again that in human nature, some people can be really complex.
I was stunned by the sheer balls Steve Jobs had to pull off what he did.
The writing and pace of the story in the book was just great and I highly recommend it.
I have to say it really is a tragedy that he passed at that point in his life.
But he managed to accomplish and influence our world like almost no one else has.
We play the game with the bravery of being out of range
Criminals think that they are unlucky when they get caught. They'll tell you "I got unlucky this time; I've shoplifted a hundred times before and never been caught." The second sentence is of course untrue - they WERE caught, just now. The fact is, if you make a habit of shoplifting, you'll be caught shoplifting sometimes. If you don't shoplift, you won't be caught shoplifting. The "luck" is only WHEN the shoplifter is caught. If you're in the habit of shoplifting, you probably have a court date ahead of you - no luck about it.
Further, the same people who think that way about shoplifting also think the same way about driving with an expired license, ditching school or work, etc. It's not LUCK when you're once again skipping school to drive over to the store in your unisured car to do some shoplifting and you get caught doing one of these things.
On the other hand, if you make it a habit to try to be helpful to people around you, eventually you'll be helpful to someone who can offer you a good job, or an important introduction or some other "lucky" thing. If you make it a habit to forego Starbuck's and Netflix in order to save back 10%-15% of your income, you'll luckily be prepared to take advantage of other opportunities that come your way.
We each make a hundred decisions every day. Get up now or hit snooze and hope to get to work on time? Eat a healthy breakfast or a cinnamon roll? Get the wrinkles out of your shirt or go to work looking like you don't care? Cut the person off on the way to work or slow down and let them go by? Hold the door for someone on the way into the building or not? Smile at the receptionist or not? Pleasant chit chat in the elevator or stare at the wall? I've made seven or eight decisions which could affect my career before I get to my desk each morning.
My habits, good and bad, mostly determine my outcomes. If I make a habit of flipping all other drivers, the only luck is whether eventually one of those drivers turns out to be my new boss or a random stranger with road rage, or maybe a sheriff. It'll eventually turn out bad somehow.
you have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
"...except for my gut, which combined with Karma and a criminally illiterate understanding of human morphology and disease led me to try eating fruit to cure cancer."
Good people go to bed earlier.
Worked for Jar Jar also
Table-ized A.I.
You're holding it wrong?
Well, he does mention Karma in that speech. And, as we know, Karma's a bitch...
Let's all thank Steve Jobs!
I think the guy was just saying he is flawed and is doing his best to correct it. What this amounts to is one has to be exceedingly delicate if one is to point out someone else's flaws or imply they exist. Where he went wrong is when he said "YOU can get away from it", and the personal nature of that YOU, rather than sounding inspirational, crowded out the rest of the message.
I'm glad at least someone got it. I've been delving into Bertrand Russell this Summer, and much of his writing (almost a hundred years ago!) is on this very topic. And that's part of my education on working with my irrationality. And as Daniel Kahneman and his colleagues have pointed out (Thinking Fast and Slow), one can - if they take the time - think quite rationally.
I didn't think the 'you' was wrong, but I guess in this day and age it is. I suppose using 'one' might have been a better choice of words. But I am nowhere near the writer Russell was - another working point for me.
I knew Steve Jobs
Everyone who knew Steve Jobs knew that Steve Jobs was definitely ain't a Mr. Nice Guy
But he was effective and whatever he had set out to do, he would do everything to achieve the goal
However abrasive Steve Jobs was, however imperfect Steve Jobs was, there was, and will only be one Steve Jobs
Muchas Gracias, Señor Edward Snowden !
. . . when you have enough money to totally fuck people over.
Yes, all of this. It could not be more true. I try to live the same way. Thank you for posting.
But it should be a lot of drama.
The summaray is incomprehensible. What is it about, who is James LeBron, what do BGR, NBA and ESPN mean and what are cavs?
This is the second time LeBron's been bailed out by a teammate (Ray Allen was the first) to win a title. The Cavs didn't really win Game 7, the Warriors gave the game away by uncharacteristically missing decent looks at the basket in the final 4m30s. Cleveland didn't want to win the game either, as they also missed all their shots in the last 4m30s save for Irving's three.