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Thank you, Steve Jobs!
Dr. Richard J. Bishirjian
http://www.yorktownpatriot.com/article_827.shtml
Aug 25, 2011
America values sport because the records set by athletes are standards
of excellence that cannot be duplicated in most other pursuits. Babe
Ruth's home run record. Roger Bannister's four minute mile and other
records inspire us. As do the examples of human spirit reflected in
the careers of Johnny Unitas, Roger Maris, and Joe Namath that are
what political philosophers call "experiences of transcendence." We
see a glimpse of "end time" and for a moment transcend this life and
live in the realm where things eternal preside.
Then someone like Steve Jobs comes along and sets a standard of
excellence in Business that is unparalleled.
If you ever started a business, struggled to make it succeed, or just
to make payroll, you know how much Steve Jobs has accomplished.
Like many entrepreneurs, his company came to the point that they
thought they needed a "manager," not an entrepreneur at the helm of
Apple. He was kicked upstairs; a marketing "genius" from Pepsi was
brought in - and nearly killed the company.
Back came Steve Jobs who turned the company around and grew Apple into
the highest capitalized company in America.
If you live long enough you come to realize that there are no straight
lines in human life. We set out to accomplish one thing and make
frequent course corrections. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell and
others like them experienced immediate success and built important
corporations that employ hundreds of thousands of employees.
Most do not. It takes years of hard work and sacrifice that may
require a series of startups before one clicks.
When you're on that road and look at how difficult the U.S. government
makes it for those who create jobs for others, you come to admire men
like Steve Jobs. Jobs was adopted by Armenian parents, so maybe that
had something to do with his entrepreneurial success.
In 1915 when an Islamic mullah in Turkey issued a fatwa calling for
the killing of Armenian Christians, Armenians living in Turkey ran for
their lives or were killed. Many got away and came to America where
they were hit by the Great Depression and then World War II.
On my office wall at Yorktown University is a registry from Ellis
Island where my Armenian grandfather arrived a few weeks after the
sinking of the Titanic. Even the prospect of death at sea didn't
deter him from getting out of Turkey - before the genocide. My
grandmother was less fortunate and fled to Egypt where her family was
broken up, her fourteen year old sister married to an Egyptian, and
she made her way to America.
Few Armenian immigrants spoke English, even fewer were college
educated, so they were forced to survive by their wits. Since few
employment opportunities were available to them, they started
businesses. The lucky ones were sponsored by Protestant religious
denominations that were active in Turkey at that time. Any way they
could, this generation of refugees made their way to a new and strange
country, learned English, found a way to make a living and started
families. Their children were old enough to serve in World War II and
after the war these first generation Americans made their way in life.
One such family adopted Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is responsible for the
good fortune of tens of thousands of Americans who work for Apple.
And now, the end of Steve Jobs' journey has come, not because Steve
wants to retire or because he's bored. There are no straight lines in
life and if there were, Steve Jobs would be around for future decades
of opportunities to make decisions that would make Apple even greater
than it is today.
Thank you, Steve. You have earned our respect, admiration and gratitude.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Dr. Richard J. Bishirjian
http://www.yorktownpatriot.com/article_827.shtml
Aug 25, 2011
America values sport because the records set by athletes are standards
of excellence that cannot be duplicated in most other pursuits. Babe
Ruth's home run record. Roger Bannister's four minute mile and other
records inspire us. As do the examples of human spirit reflected in
the careers of Johnny Unitas, Roger Maris, and Joe Namath that are
what political philosophers call "experiences of transcendence." We
see a glimpse of "end time" and for a moment transcend this life and
live in the realm where things eternal preside.
Then someone like Steve Jobs comes along and sets a standard of
excellence in Business that is unparalleled.
If you ever started a business, struggled to make it succeed, or just
to make payroll, you know how much Steve Jobs has accomplished.
Like many entrepreneurs, his company came to the point that they
thought they needed a "manager," not an entrepreneur at the helm of
Apple. He was kicked upstairs; a marketing "genius" from Pepsi was
brought in - and nearly killed the company.
Back came Steve Jobs who turned the company around and grew Apple into
the highest capitalized company in America.
If you live long enough you come to realize that there are no straight
lines in human life. We set out to accomplish one thing and make
frequent course corrections. Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Michael Dell and
others like them experienced immediate success and built important
corporations that employ hundreds of thousands of employees.
Most do not. It takes years of hard work and sacrifice that may
require a series of startups before one clicks.
When you're on that road and look at how difficult the U.S. government
makes it for those who create jobs for others, you come to admire men
like Steve Jobs. Jobs was adopted by Armenian parents, so maybe that
had something to do with his entrepreneurial success.
In 1915 when an Islamic mullah in Turkey issued a fatwa calling for
the killing of Armenian Christians, Armenians living in Turkey ran for
their lives or were killed. Many got away and came to America where
they were hit by the Great Depression and then World War II.
On my office wall at Yorktown University is a registry from Ellis
Island where my Armenian grandfather arrived a few weeks after the
sinking of the Titanic. Even the prospect of death at sea didn't
deter him from getting out of Turkey - before the genocide. My
grandmother was less fortunate and fled to Egypt where her family was
broken up, her fourteen year old sister married to an Egyptian, and
she made her way to America.
Few Armenian immigrants spoke English, even fewer were college
educated, so they were forced to survive by their wits. Since few
employment opportunities were available to them, they started
businesses. The lucky ones were sponsored by Protestant religious
denominations that were active in Turkey at that time. Any way they
could, this generation of refugees made their way to a new and strange
country, learned English, found a way to make a living and started
families. Their children were old enough to serve in World War II and
after the war these first generation Americans made their way in life.
One such family adopted Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs is responsible for the
good fortune of tens of thousands of Americans who work for Apple.
And now, the end of Steve Jobs' journey has come, not because Steve
wants to retire or because he's bored. There are no straight lines in
life and if there were, Steve Jobs would be around for future decades
of opportunities to make decisions that would make Apple even greater
than it is today.
Thank you, Steve. You have earned our respect, admiration and gratitude.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress