Steve Jobs: The Cult Lives On

"Without you, Apple is just a fruit.”

As I read that quote from one of the many letters hugging the side of my local Apple Store, I knew that the impact that Steve Jobs, the former C.E.O. and co-founder of Apple, had on the world was nothing of the ordinary.

It’s a well-known fact that Jobs was facing a serious case of pancreatic cancer, which was slowly deteriorating his health. Jobs had undergone countless treatments, but none of which were able to rid the cancer.

When Jobs left Apple back in January on a leave of medical absence, many of his followers knew the time was coming. Sure enough, in August, Steve stepped down from C.E.O position and left Apple under the reign of Tim Cook.

In many eyes, one could consider Steve Jobs to have been “our present day Thomas Edison” or the “man who started it all”, but to me, Job’s role and philosophy was much different.

I view him as a man of great intelligence. A man who utmost shaped the world we live in today. Look down at your desk, put your hands in your pockets, grab your smartphone, and take a look around you. We live in a world dominated by technology; a world that would not exist without the impact of Steve Jobs.

The ideas hit home during one of my classes at school where we brought up Steve Jobs and his impact on the world. My teacher would then ask, “How many of you own something by Apple?” As each and every hand in the class shot up in the air, I really was able to grasp the idea of how Jobs had impacted our lifes.

We live in a world where we can do anything imaginable, without being more than a few swipes or clicks away. It’s very hard to justify how things might have turned out, had Steve Wozniack and Steve Jobs not built the Apple I from the small garage in their tiny home.

The world has lost a mind that comes out as more than just a regular business man. What we lost was a man whose philosophy was to keep improving and never give up. Over the last decade, Apple’s sales have risen steadily due to the introduction of many new products.

Hit after hit after hit.

To me, Steve Jobs was my biggest inspiration. His ideas and ways of life were just a small portion of what made him so inspirational. I started a technology blog site when I was in 7^th grade. I was absolutely obsessed with everything he did, and all of the products he created.  

In one retrospect, Jobs left us with a cult. How many businesses can say that they have customers waiting days in advance for a launch of a new product, or can say that each product they release is going to be a success? The cult that lives and breathes Apple extends far beyond the reach of any other. 

Steve Jobs was truly one of the greatest of this lifetime to live, and his impact that he left on each and every one of us lives on.