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ncorporated it into the Mac. Had he not dropped out of college and joined the typography class, the Mac would never had typography in its font.</p><p id="ebea">It was impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but it was very clear looking backwards later.</p><p id="f085" type="7">The lesson of his story: You cannot connect the dots looking forward, only when you look backwards. You have to trust that the dots (gits, karma, destiny) will somehow connect in your future. - Steve Jobs.</p><p id="d082">Believing that the dots will somehow connect in the future will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the worn path, and that will make all the difference.</p><h2 id="3a49">2. Love & loss</h2><figure id="24c3"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*Nu7VDZrxLSsj9qp_"><figcaption>Photo by <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-and-woman-kissing-together-on-body-of-water-1001445/">Edward Eyer from Pexels</a></figcaption></figure><p id="65af">Jobs was fortunate to find what he loved doing in life early on. He started Apple with his friend Woz in his parent's garage. They worked hard and in just 10 years grew from a 2 person working off Jobs's garage to a $2 billion dollar company.</p><p id="ba39">He then got fired at age 30.</p><p id="70c5">How could he get fired from his own company? Well, he hired someone that he thought had a good vision for the future but they later had a falling out and the board sided with the guy he hired. That was hard and defeating for Jobs.</p><h2 id="cf73">He then decided to start over</h2><ul><li>He started a company Next and another company Pixar, (now the most successful animation studio).</li><li>He met an amazing woman who became his wife.</li></ul><h2 id="d600">In a turn of events:</h2><ul><li>Apple bought Next and he was hired back into his former company.</li><li>He and his wife started a beautiful family.</li></ul><p id="e781" type="7">The lesson of the story: Sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick. You have to keep going. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers.</p><p id="016b">Your work is going to fill a large part of your life. The only way to be satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what yo

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u do. It's just that simple.</p><p id="d05f">If you haven't found it yet, keep going, don’t give up, never settle.</p><h2 id="aaaf">3. Death</h2><figure id="af9d"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/0*COXOlGd5t3_xwxiW"><figcaption>Photo by<a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/trees-in-park-257360/"> Pixabay from Pexels</a></figcaption></figure><p id="60df">When he was 17 he read this quote and took it to heart:</p><blockquote id="033a"><p>If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you most certainly will be right.</p></blockquote><p id="ddf1">It made an impression on him. This made him reconsider a lot of decisions in his life. Would he want to live his last day doing this he asked himself, and if the answer was “no”, he knew he needed to change something.</p><p id="bf28">Remembering that he will be dead soon has been an essential tool for making big choices in his life. Almost everything (external expectations, pride, fear of embarrassment or failure) just falls away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.</p><p id="e292">No one wants to die, yet death is the destination we all share.</p><p id="272c">Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone’s life.</p><p id="3d05">In Steve Jobs's own words, don’t be trapped by living the results of other people’s thinking. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.</p><p id="98d5">Really hope you enjoyed this article. If you would like to read <a href="https://marcus-tan95.medium.com/">more articles</a> or articles similar to this, consider signing up for Medium.</p><div id="daa8" class="link-block"> <a href="https://marcus-tan95.medium.com/membership"> <div> <div> <h2>Join Medium with my referral link - Marcus Tan</h2> <div><h3>As a Medium member, a portion of your membership fee goes to writers you read, and you get full access to every story…</h3></div> <div><p>marcus-tan95.medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/0*BNfakUu6b_5WT6lm)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div></article></body>

How To Avoid A Fatal Car Crash

The importance of having regular health checks.

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Every year you give your car an M.O.T and an annual service. It makes sense if only to give you the peace of mind of knowing that all is well under the bonnet. If you fail to carry out these checks you are potentially dicing with death. It's the same with your health. Be warned.

When I came to Japan six months ago I was a mess with my health with the sudden onset of what was diagnosed as PMR. Before that I was running around teaching and performing like a man possessed in the south of Spain. Like lots of folks, I only ever went to see a doctor if I felt ill. And whilst you may get away with that in the prime of your life, in later years you may live to regret it.

Over the last forty or so years I got the odd cold and a couple of bouts of the flu, but apart from that I was fine. Then about three years ago I got cataracts, soon sorted with laser technology at the back end of last year. After that once again I was raring to go. Then, just as Covid 19 kicked in I got hit by PMR. I would not wish it on my biggest enemy.

Here in Japan steroids were prescribed and worked an absolute treat. I felt like a new man. In fact I felt so good that my wife and I went to climb a mountain. And I was quite proud of the fact that although she is twenty years younger than me I still got to the top of the mountain before her!

Over time steroid side effects started to effect me, in particular high blood sugar(easily resolved with insulin)high blood pressure and swollen joints on my left knee and my two ankles. And although this swelling limited my mobility, I still felt generally in good health. Then, health hell let loose.

To reduce the swelling we reduced the dose of steroids and it worked up to a point. The problem was as we decreased the steroids in so doing we increased the effects of the original problem, ie, tiredness and aches and pains of one sort or another. However, overall I still felt quite well.

Wanting to be sure that swollen feet and knee were indeed an effect of the steroids and not due to heart trouble or cancer, a series of blood tests and scans was organised. Scans? I don't think there is a scan I haven't had! Pet-CT, MRI, Echograph resonance, I've had the lot. It has been a pretty exhausting time I can tell you. However, hopefully we are now at an end to all the scans, at least for now.

As for the results.....Jeez where do I begin? PMR, GCA, a silent heart attack, a mini stroke, sleep apnea,......I have at least half a dozen different illnesses. If left unchecked I probably wouldn't make it to seventy. And yet, I feel great. Go figure that one if you can. How is it possible to be so ill and not know it?

One thing I have learned is that just because you feel ok doesn't mean that you are. We all take our health for granted and only see a doctor when we feel ill. I now realise that if I had made a habit of having an annual health check things might not have got so bad. As it is, I may now need major surgery before I keel over from yet another silent heart attack.

I cannot recommend strongly enough having a complete health check every year, even including scans, as unpleasant as they are. Had I undertaken such a procedure I would no doubt have been able to avoid a lot of heartache.

I'll leave you with this little thought; not having an annual health check is like not having the brakes on your car checked and just waiting until you have a catastrophic crash, by which time it may well be too late to save your life.