Tom KrieglsteinFounder, Global Keynote Speaker, Swift Kick Leadership · Founder and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Swift Kick Leadership

Steve Jobs said no to million dollar ideas. #Focus #SayNo #productivity

Name: Steve Jobs said no to million dollar ideas. #Focus #SayNo #productivity
Uploaded: 2023-11-30T00:45:03+00:00
Duration: 52 s
Channel: Tom Krieglstein
Description: In this brief motivational monologue, Tom Krieglstein recounts how Steve Jobs, after returning to Apple, eliminated several highly profitable divisions…

30 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief motivational monologue, Tom Krieglstein recounts how Steve Jobs, after returning to Apple, eliminated several highly profitable divisions because they did not align with his vision of greatness. He uses this story to illustrate the principle that true success requires relentless focus on core objectives and the willingness to reject ideas that are merely good but distract from that focus. Krieglstein challenges listeners to identify and say no to such good‑but‑not‑great ideas in their own work, positioning the act of refusal as a pathway to achieving greatness.

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Do you ever hear the story about how when Steve Jobs came back to Apple after getting fired, he gutted some of the most profitable divisions within the company? I mean, these were divisions that were making millions of dollars. And the reason he said he wanted to gut them was because he said, focus is the key to success. And so he got a bunch of products that even though they were good, they weren't the greatness that he was going after. It's really easy for us to say no to the things that don't make sense, that are dumb ideas, but it. But it's the ideas that are good but not great and good, but distract us from our core focus that we really need to say no to. So I challenge you today to say no to a good idea that keeps you from your greatness.