STEVE JOBS wasn't your typical genius.  What made Steve unique was his ability to deal with failure and to be human, even in the end.  Some said he wasn't the easiest person to get along with.  Whether that's true or not is no longer important.  What is important is knowing that Steve was a college drop out that was into creating super cool things.  It didn't matter if he was one of the richest people on the planet.  Steve acted like the money didn't matter to him.  He never flaunted it.  His trademark was sneakers and jeans.  When I think of the people that most influenced me, Steve Jobs appears on that short list of names.  Not since the death of Martin Luther King,  John F. Kennedy, Bruce Lee, John Lennon, and Michael Jackson...has the world experience such a feeling of lost.

People like Steve don't grow on trees.  Although if you listen to his speech at the graduation ceremonies at Stanford University (watch the video below),  or consider the symbolic meaning behind the Apple logo, one would be lead to believe that we all have the ability and potential of achieving our wildest dreams.  It has been said that Steve would look into the mirror every day and ask himself whether he was doing the right thing, whether he was being a good person or not, and if after four days he didn't get a good feeling about what he was doing, he would change his course of action.  Remember Michael Jackson's song The Man in the Mirror?

We all have a lot to learn from Steve, and Michael for that matter.  I'm now looking at the man in the mirror asking the very same questions.   Am I doing everything that I can to make this world a better place?  Am I being the best person that I can possibly be?   Am I following my heart and pursuing my dreams?  Am I 'Staying Young and Staying Foolish?"   If after four days I don't get a resounding 'Yes', I'll change my course of action until I do.   I  recommend you do the same.   
 
Here's to you Steve.  May we all carry the torch in your name.