steve jobs

today is just another day, isn't it?

no, if we consider the world has learnt of the passing of steve jobs*, a tech visionary, whiz-kid extraordinaire, innovater, creative genius, co-founder, chairman and former ceo of apple, inc. steve lost a long battle with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and died on october 05, 2011 at the ripe young age of 56 years.

there will be many, many millions who will mourne and miss him. and of the many, many tributes pouring in, bill gates said of steve:

""For those of us lucky enough to get to work with him, it's been an insanely great honor,"

*if u claim to have never heard of steve jobs, u must either be in deep hibernation over many decades or living in a planet outside the solar system.

my comments:

perhaps this is one of steve jobs's most quotable quotes when he spoke at stanford university in 2005:

"no one wants to die. even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there. and yet death is the destination we all share. no one has ever escaped it. and that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention in life."

we certainly need no reminder that death is inevitable and one day, when the curtains come down, will we be ready for that eventuality? and that's why i am privileged to accept the mission to meet the challenge of converting skeptics to financial planning and especially wealth protection planning.

and to steve jobs (february 24, 1955 - october 05, 2011), a titan who revolutionized the computer and cellular industries and built the world's largest company by market cap, i take my hat off to u also.

and we'll miss u.