【WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhenIwas20.Weworkedhard,andin10yearsApplehad1fromjustthetwoofusina2intoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjust3ourfinestcreation-theMacintosh-ayearearl】

　　WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhenIwas20.Weworkedhard,andin10yearsApplehad1fromjustthetwoofusina2intoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjust3ourfinestcreation-theMacintosh-ayearearlier,andIhadjustturned30.AndthenIgotfired.Howcanyougetfiredfromacompanyyou4?Well,asApplegrewwe5someonewhoIthoughtwasverytalentedto6thecompanywithme,andforthefirstyearorsothingswentwell.Butthenourvisionsofthefuturebegantodiverge(分歧)and7wehadafallingout.Whenwedid,ourBoardofDirectors8withhim.Soat30Iwasout.Andverypubliclyout.9hadbeenthefocusofmyentireadultlifewasgone,anditwasdevastating(毁灭性的).

　　Ireallydidn’tknowwhattodoforafewmonths.ImetwithDavidPackardandBobNoyceandtriedto10forscrewingupsobadly.Iwasaverypublicfailure,andIeventhoughtaboutrunningawayfromthevalley.Butsomethingslowlybeganto11onme-IstilllovedwhatIdid.TheturnofeventsatApplehadnotchangedthatonebit.Ihadbeen12,butIwasstillinlove.AndsoIdecidedtostartover.

　　Ididn’tseeitthen,butit13thatgettingfiredfromApplewasthebestthingthatcouldhaveeverhappenedtome.Theheavinessofbeingsuccessfulwasreplacedbythe14ofbeinga15again,lesssureabouteverything.Itfreedmeto16oneofthemostcreativeperiodsofmylife.

　　I’mprettysure17ofthiswouldhavehappenedifIhadn’tbeenfiredfromApple.Itwas18tastingmedicine,butIguessthepatientneededit.Don’tlose19.I’mconvincedthattheonlythingthatkeptmegoingwasthatIlovedwhatIdid.Ifyouhaven’tfoundityet,keeplooking.Don’t20.Aswithallmattersoftheheart,you’11knowwhenyoufindit.And,likeanygreatrelationship,itjustgetsbetterandbetterastheyearsrollon.Sokeeplookinguntilyoufindit.

　　－BySteveJobs,CEOofAppleComputer

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