Tweet

4 Important Lessons Every Boomer Entrepreneur Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Guest post by: Susan Friedmann

Article Overview: Steve Jobs has been hailed as an American genius who has changed our world forever. It’s easy to be in total awe of his brilliant and creative mind. What are some important lessons boomer entrepreneurs, not ready for retirement, can learn from his genius? Learn four:

4 Important Lessons Every Boomer Entrepreneur Can Learn From Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs has been hailed as an American genius who has changed our world forever. He’s managed to give people things they didn’t even know they wanted: iPhones, iPods, iPads, and a whole lot more.

It’s easy to be in total awe of him, and his brilliant and creative mind. However, if take a step back and look at him as a teacher for your home-based business, what are some of the most important lessons a boomer entrepreneur, not ready for retirement, can learn from his genius?

Here are four important ones that will help your home business take a quantum leap to success:

1. Aim for perfection

The meaning of “perfection” according to the dictionary is an “unsurpassable degree of accuracy or excellence.” The way Steve Jobs does this is through constantly improving on what he creates and develops. He never sits back on his laurels satisfied, rather he is always on the lookout for ways to make his products better.



What can you do in your home business to improve what you are currently doing?



2. Draw on the experts

The world is filled with experts in every possible field. Some are more visible than others. One of the main characteristics of a true expert is that they are, more often than not, willing to share their wisdom and expertise.

Steve Jobs constantly turns to experts to draw on their wisdom to help him improve.

Your task as a boomer entrepreneur is to first understand where you need help and advice, and then seek out the best experts to help you. Do you homework as there are many false prophets out there in the marketplace.

Where do you need help, and who would be the best experts to help you?

3. Be a life-long learner

Steve Jobs never stops studying. He learns from whomever he can, no matter what the industry. He takes ideas from one industry and adapts them to his products.

As a boomer entrepreneur you need to adopt the mindset of being a life-long learner. The world is changing so rapidly it’s hard to keep up, which is even more reason why you need to never stop studying. Don’t try to know everything about everything, that’s an impossible task. Rather, find an area where you can become an expert, and constantly think about how you take different ideas and adapt them to your home-based business.



What are you going learn about today?

4. Keep it simple

One of Steve Jobs’ hallmarks is the simplicity of his products. He wants his creations to be easy and simple to use so that anyone, tech-savvy or not, can use them. The simpler products the better.

We often expend far too much energy complicating what we do, when simple could be the main ingredient in our recipe to success.

What can you do to simplify what you’re currently doing?

Although we can learn so much more from Steve Jobs, if you just aim for perfection, continually learn from the experts, and keep whatever you do simple, you’ll be well on the way to making your home business a success.

Related Articles
  Innovation Creates Leaders - Sales and Marketing Tips
  Baby Boomer Women Are Hit Hard By Todays Economy
  Today's "rant" - Jobs
  The Bozo Explosion
  Being comfortable and uncomfortable in our own skin - a thank you to Steve Jobs
  An Apple For The Teacher - Sales and Marketing Training
  Steve Jobs Cancer
  The Ten Commandments of Fake Steve Jobs
  Personal Branding: Learn From The Best
  Steve Jobs Commencement
  America's Most Wanted Workers
  Inspiration From Steve Jobs:Keep Doing What You Love
  Steve Jobs Apple
  iWoz A Geek: The Early Years of Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak
  Baby Boomer Generation Concerns Are Being Resolved by an Easy Home Based Business Opportunity
  Steve Jobs Bio
  Lessons to Learn From the First Dot Com Boom
  The Strategic Use of Powerful Words For Your Marketing - Advice From Your Strategic Thinking Business Coach
  Jobs' departure, though hopefully temporary, had to happen sooner or later
  Are You a Baby Boomer Who's Coachabl

Article Tags: baby boomer business income opportunities, baby boomer entrepreneurs, baby boomers, baby boomers business, boomer entrepreneurs, boomer women entrepreneurs, encore career, entrepreneur, entrepreneur women, home business, homebased business, income opportunity, internet marketing business opportunities, jobs over 50, recareering, retirement, sandwich generation, seniors, small business, unretirement, work from home business



Related Forum Posts
Re: What If Steve Jobs Hadn't Returned To Apple In 1997? - Thanks for sharing with us Yinko. Steve Jobs is definitely a visionary. Not only his products are innovative in a technological sense, but he's managed to turn a tech-company's products into a lifestyle.... a lifestyle!! [quote:zfqoq43n]Fast Forward to today. Apple has the sexiest products in the business: iMacs, Macbooks, iPhones, iPods and more.[/quote:zfqoq43n] I think not only tech would be different (music players and phones), but ways we can think of marketing and branding. What Steve Jobs did was of course no easy task for the smaller businesses, but he did start somewhere. What I did not know was that Apple is worth about as much as Google. How do you think Apple accomplish what they did? In terms of strategy wise? If you could advice Steve on one thing, what would it be?
Re: Citizen Journalism: There's no such thing - This clearly shows that if Steve Jobs sneezes the price of the stock will drop. Since Apple is a great company why do they have to link the rise and fall of the stock to one man? So eventually when Steve passes on what is going to happen to Apples stock?
Re: Are you getting an iPad 2? - @GT - we can talk more about it once I get one and I'm happy to answer any questions to see if it might fit your lifestyle. @Yinka - Sorry, no payment from Steve Jobs... I wish!
Re: What are the top videos for entrepreneurs on YouTube? - I've seen the Steve Jobs video a few times and it is a great one. Off to watch David's suggestion right now. Thanks guys! I'll try to find one of my own to add to the list.
Re: Citizen Journalism: There's no such thing - [quote="ideasuniversity":2zpdpyk9]This clearly shows that if Steve Jobs sneezes the price of the stock will drop. Since Apple is a great company why do they have to link the rise and fall of the stock to one man? So eventually when Steve passes on what is going to happen to Apples stock?[/quote:2zpdpyk9] That's a very good point. He needs to appoint a successor now or in some way affirm that the company will exist even if he goes under!


Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

Web Design in 30 Minutes - Can this be Right?

Too Many Sales Reps Are Wimps

What should your free giveaway be?

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.