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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.
>>This approach has never let me down
Up until needless death from curable cancer.
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.
Adolf Hitler was also 'effective' and 'he would do everything to achieve the goal'. He conquered Europe and it took the whole world to take him down. Hater gonna hate.
Also, there was, and will only be one Adolf Hitler.
Did you even had a point? Or did you just wanted to say that 'you knew Steve Jobs'?