http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

Apple

Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being

http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/

The White House

Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it….

Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like it was his last.  Because he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.

The world has lost a visionary. And there may be no greater tribute to Steve’s success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/05/statement-president-pas…

Wired Magazine 

Steve Jobs’s Greatest Achievements

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/10/steve-jobs-greatest-achievements/

Time Magazine

“It ain’t bragging if you can back it up.”

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2096251,00.html