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Lessons We Can Learn From Steve Jobs


First Posted: 08/25/11 11:44 AM ET Updated: 10/25/11 06:12 AM ET

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Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and took a leave of absence for a liver transplant in 2009. “I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know,” Jobs said in his resignation letter. “Unfortunately, that day has come.”

According to The Wall Street Journal the “announcement likely marks the end of one of the most extraordinary careers in U.S. business history.” WSJ writer Yukari Iwatani Kanem wrote, “Jobs not only co-founded Apple—and the personal computer industry along with it—but decades later played a central role in reshaping the music, movie, animation, and mobile-phone businesses.”

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Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and ...
Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and ...
Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and ...
Yesterday it was announced that iconic Apple CEO Steve Jobs resigned from his post. The announcement was a surprise, but not unexpected as Jobs has been battling pancreatic cancer for a few years and ...
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11:43 AM on 08/25/2011
Steve Jobs, you have not tried hypnosis or you would have had a victory over your battle with cancer by now. I with other Dr.'s know that using the power of the mind to heal yourself will be way in modern health practice of the future. email me if you're interested, i would love to work with you. America needs you around awhile longer.TheHypnosisQueen@aol.com
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