TECHNOLOGY SPECTATOR: A lesson in failure from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs once said getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have happened to him. It's a lesson we can all learn from.

By Charis Palmer ·
6 Oct 2011

Technology Spectator

If there's one lesson corporate Australia should take from the grand vision of Steve Jobs, it's that it's OK to fail.

From his decision to drop out of college, to his infamous firing from Apple at age 30, Jobs knew how to get back up, dust himself off and get on with it.

As it turned out, Jobs later said getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to him, because it meant the heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.

Imagine how different the world would be if every successful businessperson was able to look at things through the eyes of a newcomer, with all the curiosity, gumption and positivity that comes with it.