He was 56 years old and had amassed a fortune of $7-billion.
These are statements attributed to him as his "last words".
At this moment, lying on the bed, sick and remembering my whole life, I realize that all the recognition and wealth I have is meaningless in the face of imminent death.
You can hire someone to drive your car, earn money for you—but you can't hire someone to carry the illness for you.
As we get older we get smarter, and we slowly realize that whether the watch is worth $30 or $300 – both show exactly the same time.
He was also given credit for offering these "five undeniable facts" as he faced the end of his life:
- Do not educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy. So when
they grow up they will know the value of things and not their price.
- Eat your food as medicine, otherwise you will have to eat your medicine as
food.
- The one who loves you will never leave you, even if he has 100 reasons to
give up. He will always find one reason to hold on.
- There is a big difference between being human and being humane.
- If you want to go fast - go alone! But if you want to go far - go together.
Wealth, like life is fleeting, do your best with what you have.
Jobs didn't say that. I just did. And, although it has been said before, it's still a phrase to consider whether your bank account is substantial or your coffers are empty.On a side note, as someone who has experienced both robust and anemic bank balances, it's easier to contemplate such thoughts when you have the former. In the words of Sidney Sheldon, "Being poor is only romantic in books".
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NOTE: The fact that Jobs might not have said these things on his deathbed doesn't make them any less worthy of consideration. According to The Guardian: Jobs, who once memorably described death as "very likely the single best invention of life", departed this world with a lingering look at his family and the simple, if mysterious, observation: "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow."
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