Useful, Courageous, and Beautiful

Much ink has been spilt in the last several weeks following the death of Steve Jobs. Most entrepreneurs, CEOs, and business leaders have come out and wrote posts talking about the things they have learned from Steve while he built one of the world’s most magical companies. I’ll spare you my extended version of the same, but I do want to make it clear that the world has lost someone who could embody creative leadership better than anyone else.
When I first started foundation (my first year) of design school, I had a scribbled “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” sign that I’d see everyone morning (the other scribbled sign said “Fail faster, Succeed sooner”, a quote by David Kelley.) I remember thinking it was weird to memorialize words of a living person as a reminder, but the thought was so prescient that it actually meant something to me each time I glanced at it.
I’ve been inspired by you in so many ways. Thanks for your contributions, Steve.
“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man’s life.”
T.S. Eliot







