How this 'profound' lesson from Steve Jobs shaped Laurene Powell Jobs' business

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Steve Jobs taught Laurene Powell Jobs that 'we don’t have to accept the world that we’re born into as something that is fixed and impermeable.” (via CNBCMakeIt)

"One profound learning I took from him was that we don't have to accept the world that we're born into as something that is fixed and impermeable," she told the Times. "When you zoom in, it's just atoms just like us. And they move all the time. And through energy and force of will and intention and focus, we can actually change [the world]. Move it."

Steve Jobs and Laurene Powell during Pixar Exhibit Launch at The Museum of Modern Art at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States. December 13, 2005.In other words, people have the potential to enact change in their communities and in the world. Powell Jobs says Emerson Collective's many initiatives are a way to live that legacy. For example, in 2015 she launched"For the students who I work with, I understand that school is their way out," Powell Jobs told thein 2018. "It's really their portal to anything larger than what they see around them. That was true for me."

Powell Jobs grew up in New Jersey, and said school was her "happy place," in the New York Times interview. "I ended up going to a good college, even though my high school wasn't particularly outstanding," she said. She got her bachelor's degree in political science and economics from the University of Pennsylvania, then got an MBA from Stanford.

 

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MakeIt Steve jobs died of cancer because he refused'traditional Western medicine' and opted for homeopathic self treatment instead.

MakeIt Laurene, you are an inspiration to all women. It seems Steve left you with great strength to get through difficult times and the forth sight to make your way in the world. 'Nothing is fixed and nothing is impermeable!'

MakeIt That is said at every high school commencement speech in America, every year.

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