How Courage Made Steve Jobs a Billionaire

He followed his dreams as a techie, a writer, a pioneer. He was brilliant. And he was very human.

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Charmayne Samuelson
22 Feb • Estimated Reading Time: 4 minutes

Steve Jobs, the master inventor and leader of some of the world’s greatest thinkers, profoundly said:

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life… don’t let the noise of others' opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.

Life was not always a straight line to perfect success for Jobs. But he had the courage to follow the dream, the vision, and the end goal. You have heard this many times: Have the courage to pursue your dreams, and success will follow. And that is what Jobs did.

What Made Steve Jobs Tick?

He believed that not only could he materialize his dreams, but you could also actually achieve the wealth and success you dream of. The power of Jobs’ words to ordinary people lit a fire under hundreds, if not thousands of hopeful entrepreneurs, writers, artists, scientists, investors, business people, civil servants, mothers, and fathers everywhere.

Jobs followed spiritual teachers and used techniques such as meditation and yoga to enrich his mind and life. His main attribute and lasting legacy was to advise everyone to “Actualize yourself.”

How did he do it himself?

The beauty of Steve Jobs’ life and legacy was how he condensed the complexity of life into those two words. What does “actualize yourself” mean?

It is not a religion, and can or cannot be a spiritual path to follow, but Jobs understood that the most important thing you can do to manifest wealth and success for yourself is to know who you are and the power that you are.

Seven Essential Tips to Actualize Yourself

The seven essential tips to realize who you are and how to actualize yourself are:

  1. Manifestation of your true nature, above and beyond the body and mind.

  2. Explore your true nature, wherein lies all answers and all success.

  3. Download the information you need from an actualized state of consciousness about your thoughts, dreams, and ideas.

  4. Listen to your inner voice, your intuition, to tell you what you need to know.

  5. Realize you may not always know exactly what you need next, but be open to the highest state of consciousness that you can access to gain information.

  6. Be open to instructions you receive from your intuition, no matter how different it may be from what you have been thinking.

  7. Act on your information and stay on your path.

People say you have to have a lot of passion for what you are doing, and it’s totally true. And the reason is because it’s so hard if you don’t, because any rational person would give up.

Employ passion, and find within yourself the courage and intuition in your life, to accept your destiny to do great things.

Along with these principles, it is important to understand the difference between courage and being a bully who knocks down anyone in their way. Courage includes leadership, awareness, understanding, empathy, and love, all the while staying on a steadfast journey to manifesting your dreams.

Awareness is being knowledgeable of fellow co-workers in your field, of their challenges, and of bringing others along with you on your journey toward destiny.

Remember the goal can stay the same, but there are many times in life we have to adjust which lane we are in to get to the goal.

The courage involved in manifesting your dreams remains unshaken. The pathway may take a few twists and turns, but when you hold onto the vision with resolute willpower, your goal will be met by using your courage to get you there.