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I used to fly a pirate flag at my office. One of the many lessons I learned from Steve Jobs and maybe Ayn Rand ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Writer: Mike Spina
    Mike Spina
  • Aug 11
  • 1 min read

Most people think it was just Steve being rebellious. I think they might be missing the point.


In 1983 Jobs told his team: Pirates don't ask permission. Pirates move fast. Pirates fight for something bigger than themselves.


His team went on to produce the Macintosh ๏ฃฟ. ๐—” ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.


Your breakthrough innovations won't come from playing it safe. They'll come from the teams ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€. ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ


โ€ข Let them challenge sacred cows

โ€ข Shield them from corporate red tape

โ€ข Give them a flag to rally around

โ€ข Watch them create magic


What team needs permission to stop following the rules and start making history?


๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น. ๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ


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