30 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Said 1 Habit Separates the Doers From the Dreamers

The fiercely independent, "one-person focus group" co-founder of Apple gave some unexpected suggestions. You can most likely identify if you are an entrepreneur. Being self-sufficient is one of the reasons people launch their own companies. their choices. what they did. Their diligence, degree of tenacity, and readiness to face hardships and even pain to achieve a dream.
Go it alone? That is what business owners do.

 

 

But only to a certain extent, according to Steve Jobs, who is no less of an authority. Even though independence and self-reliance are important traits for entrepreneurs, Jobs believed that having too much of either could hinder your success.
As said by Jobs:

I've never found anyone that didn't want to help me if I asked them for help.
I called up Bill Hewlett (co-founder of Hewlett-Packard) when I was 12 years old. "Hi, I'm Steve Jobs. I'm 12 years old. I'm a student in high school. I want to build a frequency counter, and I was wondering if you have any spare parts I could have." He laughed, and he gave me the spare parts, and he gave me a job that summer at Hewlett-Packard ... and I was in heaven.
Most people never pick up the phone and call. Most people never ask ... and that's what separates, sometimes, the people who do things from the people who just dream about them.

For Jobs, the key to success was asking for assistance. A classic example? the original iPhone.

 

 

 

The hard-coated plastic screen of an early version was not durable enough; after carrying it in his pocket for just one day, Jobs discovered the screen was already scratched.
Jobs have the option of becoming independent. He could have attempted to use Apple's vast resources to resolve the issue on his own. Rather, Jobs called Corning Glass CEO Wendell Weeks and explained what kind of glass he wanted. Weeks agreed to assist by supplying gorilla glass, a product the business had invented in the 1960s but never put into production, following some back and forth and a few deftly persuasive words. The only souvenir on display when Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson entered Weeks's office years later was a note from Jobs that read, "We could not have done it without you."

That is the problem with asking for assistance. You may feel weak, vulnerable, or perhaps "less than" in the eyes of the other person if you admit that you need support. However, that is not the case. People do not think of you when you seek help appropriately. They consider how your request subtly conveys your respect and implicit trust for them. It demonstrates your appreciation or admiration for the abilities, aptitudes, experiences, or assets they have worked hard to acquire.

 

 

 

"You have to act," Jobs remarked. Additionally, you must be prepared to fail whether it comes to launching a business or dealing with people on the phone. You will not get very far if you are scared of failing. If you do not ask, you are also denying others the chance to positively impact someone else's life, even in a tiny way.
Weeks was pleased to have changed Jobs' life, based on the framed letter hanging on his wall. Perhaps this explains why asking for assistance is such a reliable indicator of success. Asking for assistance could be the first step in creating enduring, mutually beneficial partnerships because nobody ever accomplishes anything significant on their own.
which seems like a fantastic definition of success when you give it some thought.