Video ID: Xhb1vj86aK4
YouTube URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhb1vj86aK4
Added At: 13-06-25 21:16:23
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Categories: Education, Tech
Tags: steve jobs, criticism, mistakes, java, openduck, programming
Summary
Steve Jobs discusses mistakes and criticism, offering three steps to handle it: gather thoughts, acknowledge failures, and apologize. He also mentions OpenDuck and Java.
Transcript
yes Mr jobs you're a bright and influential man here it comes it's sad and clear that on several counts you've discussed you don't know what you're talking about I would like for example for you to express in clear terms how say Java in any of its incarnations addresses the ideas embodied in open duck and when you're finished with that perhaps you could tell us what you Al have been doing for the last seven [Music] years uh you know you can please some of the people some of the time but one of the hardest things when you're trying to affect change is that people like this gentleman are right in some areas I'm sure that there are some things opoc does probably even more that I'm not familiar with that nothing else out there does the hardest thing is what how does that fit in to a cohesive larger Vision that's going to allow you to sell um $8 billion $1 billion a product a year and you know I'm sorry that open Do's a casualty along the way and I readily admit there are many things in life that I don't theend idea what I'm talking about so I apologize for that too but some mistakes will be made along the way that's good cuz at least some decisions are being made along the way and we'll find the mistakes we'll fix them and I think what we need to do is support that team mistakes will be made some people will be pissed off some people will not know what they're talking about but it's I think it is so much better than where things were not very long ago and I think we're get there criticism is going to come and Steve Jobs gives us a great example on how to handle it in these Three Steps step one take a second to gather your thoughts step two acknowledge any failures and apologize for them and step three turn it into a positive every professional needs to learn how to respond in such a manner for more videos like this hit that like button and subscribe