A thank you to Steve Jobs

I took a moment to pause yesterday to thank Steve Jobs. I was so saddened to hear of his passing.

Fittingly I thought, my next steps were to tweet about it on my iPhone, before sitting down to type this blog on my MacBook Pro.

That said, it’s not just the “things” I’ve been playing with for 20 years that I’m thankful for.

Here was a man who showed us all how something functional could be gorgeous and designed to make us marvel.

Here was a lifelong learner who showed us that you don’t always need a formal education to succeed (Steve dropped out of Reed College).

Here was a flexible creator who also brought us Woody and Buzz from Toy Story.

Here was a business leader who showed us how to build a company with a unique culture and verve.

Here was a tenacious character who showed us that it’s never too late if you love it, when he clawed his way back into Apple after being fired.

Thank you and farewell.

Kirsty Dunphey is the youngest ever Australian Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year, author of two books (her latest release is Retired at 27, If I Can do it Anyone Can) and a passionate entrepreneur who started her first business at age 15 and opened her own real estate agency at 21. Now Kirsty does lots of fun things which you can read about here. Her favourite current projects are Elephant Property, a boutique property management agency, Baby Teresa, a baby clothing line that donates an outfit to a baby in need for each one they sell andReallySold, which helps real estate agents stop writing boring, uninteresting ads.