Jun 27, 2026 · 12 min · 10 segments
Watch it here: https://youtu.be/z1FR2TIxyRA In Episode 265 of the Further Your Lifestyle podcast, host Chris continues last week’s conversation about the myth of…
I mean, he- we know him from the guy that gave us the iPhone, the guy that was all Macintosh and Apple, et cetera, et cetera.
But I think a lot of the time they forget a bit of his story, and I've got some notes here 'cause I don't know it all in perfect detail.
But a lot of us forget that at 30 he was actually fired from Apple, the company that he built.
Imagine that, your own vision, your own company, and they tell you, "You're out.
You're gone.
That's it.
You're done." And that's no, no sunshine [laughs] or rainbow, right? That's, that's, that's identity shaking.
That's life-changing.
It's a big kick to the nuts.
It's, it's, it's hard, right? And yet, instead of quitting, what did he do? He reinvented himself.
He pivoted.
He adjusted.
He went on to build another company called NeXT.
He kept learning, he kept adapting, and he kept showing up, right? Years later, he comes back to Apple because they asked him.
They realized they needed him, and he came back and he changed the world.
Absolutely, and that's when he brought back the community.
That's when he introduced the iPhone as well.
And what looked like a failure became part of his foundation.
I mean, he- we know him from the guy that gave us the iPhone, the guy that was all Macintosh and Apple, et cetera, et cetera.
But I think a lot of the time they forget a bit of his story, and I've got some notes here 'cause I don't know it all in perfect detail.
But a lot of us forget that at 30 he was actually fired from Apple, the company that he built.
Imagine that, your own vision, your own company, and they tell you, "You're out.
You're gone.
That's it.
You're done." And that's no, no sunshine [laughs] or rainbow, right? That's, that's, that's identity shaking.
That's life-changing.
It's a big kick to the nuts.
It's, it's, it's hard, right? And yet, instead of quitting, what did he do? He reinvented himself.
He pivoted.
He adjusted.
He went on to build another company called NeXT.
He kept learning, he kept adapting, and he kept showing up, right? Years later, he comes back to Apple because they asked him.
They realized they needed him, and he came back and he changed the world.
Absolutely, and that's when he brought back the community.
That's when he introduced the iPhone as well.
And what looked like a failure became part of his foundation.
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