LeBron James Used A Steve Jobs Speech To Motivate The Cavs To Victory (bgr.com) 97
An anonymous reader quotes a report from BGR: Well, LeBron James finally accomplished what he set out to do when he announced his triumphant return to the Cleveland Cavaliers 2014: he brought an NBA championship to Cleveland. Going into the NBA Finals, the Cavaliers were clear underdogs. And once the Cavs went down three games to one, the odds in Vegas that LeBron and co. could take back the series were as high as +900. Looking back at the Cavaliers' historic championship run and odds-defying victory, ESPN has a fascinating piece up detailing how LeBron sought to find every and anything that could help motivate his teammates and help them believe that an unprecedented comeback was indeed within the realm of possibility. And interestingly enough, one of the sources of inspiration James turned to was Steve Jobs. Specifically, James played portions of Steve Jobs' iconic 2005 Stanford University commencement speech to rally the troops ahead of game 3. "You can't connect the dots looking forward," Jobs passionately said, "you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something -- your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life." You can watch Jobs' aforementioned speech in its entirety here on YouTube.
blah blah Steve Jobs blah blah (Score:3, Funny)
How is this news for nerds? Other than a mention of Steve Jobs.
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Slashdot forums are reserved for degrading the writers, the subjects of the stories and other commentors based on incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant information. We are a group of people who believe it's worth the effort to either show people we don't know how nifty smart we are (and generally fail) or to exert our passive aggressive behavior somewhere it's extremely likely we'll simply ma
There was and will only be only one Steve Jobs (Score:1)
I knew Steve Jobs
Everyone who knew Steve Jobs knew that Steve Jobs was definitely ain't a Mr. Nice Guy
But he was effective and whatever he had set out to do, he would do everything to achieve the goal
However abrasive Steve Jobs was, however imperfect Steve Jobs was, there was, and will only be one Steve Jobs
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Adolf Hitler was also 'effective' and 'he would do everything to achieve the goal'. He conquered Europe and it took the whole world to take him down. Hater gonna hate.
Also, there was, and will only be one Adolf Hitler.
Did you even had a point? Or did you just wanted to say that 'you knew Steve Jobs'?
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I'd argue that Hitler was brilliant politically, but he was a military rube most of the way through.
The German military was a top notch organization that basically did not stop planning for the next war even after they lost WWI. Pretty much all of their success was good German military training, staff work, and doctrine. They worked hard starting from 1918 on to get back on top, it wasn't a miracle from 1933 on.
Of course, without Hitler, it seems unlikely that the democratic parties of the day would have
not to mention the refs (Score:5, Insightful)
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He was back for games 6 and 7...and they still lost. We haven't seen that kind of choke since the Republicans nominated their 2016 presidential candidate.
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And they booted Steph Curry in game 6. And they called other various fouls on the Warriors in games 5 and 6 while letting similar offenses pass for ohio players. Game 7 was a legit ohio win, and just a very good game in all regards. But the officiating in 5 and 6, plus the suspension of Green, was rotten to the core.
Each one of those seven games represents over a billion dollars profit, spread between the NBA, the television network, and various other interested parties. They have a vested interest in a
Re:not to mention the refs (Score:4, Insightful)
The warriors lost because they weren't shooting as well as they normally do. Curry's shooting percentage dropped from 65% (regular season) to 47% in the finals. In the last few minutes of game 7, when the score was 89-89, Curry missed a 3-pointer, but so did Andre Iguodala, Draymond Green, and Clay Thompson. Of course, LeBron stopped an important layup, but if the warriors had hit one more basket, that wouldn't have mattered. The Warriors had it within their power to win, and they let it go to the Cavs.
Steph Curry was booted from game 6 after the game was already lost, they were so far behind at that point that remaining in wouldn't have helped, and complaining about the refs makes you look like a whiny fanboy who doesn't understand why his team lost.
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Green made momentary contact with LeBron James... not a nut-shot, as evidenced by the fact the James wasn't on the floor clenched over in pain... while getting up off the floor after James knocked him down and then stood over him, trying to prevent him getting up, whilst taunting him and shoving his junk into Green's face. And Green is the dirty player? I think we just found the ohio fanboi here.
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Godwin at 2 O'Clock!
Hindsight Bias (Score:3, Informative)
It's called Hindsight Bias [wikipedia.org] A logical fallacy.
Not only is it used by folks to say they knew it all along. But it's also used by folks to judge others with "you should have known better." for actions that no person could possibly have known the outcome.
Life is quite unpredictable but we have this cultural delusion that it is.
We have a media that reports only on the successes in our society - the people that took irrational risks and made it and don't report on the majority who do the same and fail miserably. As a result, we have a very distorted view of the likelihood of success in this country and as a result judge people who fail as people with an inherit character deficiency.
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Don't worry about the AC who responded to you. Some people just can't handle the fact that there are better people than them in this world.
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Human beings have an ingrained need to find patterns and attach meaning to events.
Read about the Etruscan(passed onto the Romans...) religious practices, who took the reading of events and patterns in nature to the extreme.
Every ritual had to be performed exactly correct or they would have to start over.
These rituals could last hours...
The Gods wouldn't have it any other way.
Large sample sizes override luck. Habits matter (Score:5, Insightful)
Criminals think that they are unlucky when they get caught. They'll tell you "I got unlucky this time; I've shoplifted a hundred times before and never been caught." The second sentence is of course untrue - they WERE caught, just now. The fact is, if you make a habit of shoplifting, you'll be caught shoplifting sometimes. If you don't shoplift, you won't be caught shoplifting. The "luck" is only WHEN the shoplifter is caught. If you're in the habit of shoplifting, you probably have a court date ahead of you - no luck about it.
Further, the same people who think that way about shoplifting also think the same way about driving with an expired license, ditching school or work, etc. It's not LUCK when you're once again skipping school to drive over to the store in your unisured car to do some shoplifting and you get caught doing one of these things.
On the other hand, if you make it a habit to try to be helpful to people around you, eventually you'll be helpful to someone who can offer you a good job, or an important introduction or some other "lucky" thing. If you make it a habit to forego Starbuck's and Netflix in order to save back 10%-15% of your income, you'll luckily be prepared to take advantage of other opportunities that come your way.
We each make a hundred decisions every day. Get up now or hit snooze and hope to get to work on time? Eat a healthy breakfast or a cinnamon roll? Get the wrinkles out of your shirt or go to work looking like you don't care? Cut the person off on the way to work or slow down and let them go by? Hold the door for someone on the way into the building or not? Smile at the receptionist or not? Pleasant chit chat in the elevator or stare at the wall? I've made seven or eight decisions which could affect my career before I get to my desk each morning.
My habits, good and bad, mostly determine my outcomes. If I make a habit of flipping all other drivers, the only luck is whether eventually one of those drivers turns out to be my new boss or a random stranger with road rage, or maybe a sheriff. It'll eventually turn out bad somehow.
Re: Large sample sizes override luck. Habits matte (Score:1)
Yes, all of this. It could not be more true. I try to live the same way. Thank you for posting.
Re: All Hail The Jobs (Score:2)
So inspirational that he died because he thought he knew better than medical professionals.
Re: All Hail The Jobs (Score:2)
The Linux community wishes they had someone with 1/10th of the motivational skills the almighty Jobs had.
Spoken like someone very much not part of said community.
Sue him! (Score:2)
Sue him for a gazillion dollars for copyright infringement!
Isn't that how it works if you take an excerpt of something someone else did and use it for your own profit?
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I realize you're making a joke, but LeBron had the right to show the video to his teammates, because it was a private viewing, and no admission fee was charged. Now, had they played the video on the Q Arena's Jumbotron to 20,000 people then there would be licensing issues involved (but still not copyright infringement, as you say).
Incidentally, Stanford holds the copyright to the video, no Jobs' estate.
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I realize you're making a joke, but LeBron had the right to show the video to his teammates, because it was a private viewing, and no admission fee was charged.
That's not the simple limit that "private viewing" implies. Did he show the video to his team mates as a business function? Did he show the video in a business environment? Did he prevent the viewers from leaving the area if they so chose? It isn't simply whether an admission fee was paid.
Now, had they played the video on the Q Arena's Jumbotron to 20,000 people then there would be licensing issues involved (but still not copyright infringement, as you say).
Incidentally, Stanford holds the copyright to the video, no Jobs' estate.
Interesting detail.
Just once (Score:1)
This methodology sort of failed Jobs when he decided against a western-medicine treatment for his pancreatic cancer. Although, it may not have made a difference.
I do recall him saying, near the end, that was his biggest regret.
Have I visited a sports site by accident? (Score:1)
Who is LeBron James? Who are the Cavs?
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The chavs are lower class Britons. It is generally not a nice word to use in public.
Thats quite cavalier of you to say that.
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Failed approach (Score:5, Informative)
Up until needless death from curable cancer.
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"Touché", whispered Steve Jobs in his grave.
Re:Failed approach (Score:4, Funny)
[citation needed]
...due to the fact that a liver is only viable for a short while after the death of the diner...
Especially if said diner was pounding margaritas during happy hour.
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If he really wanted to score some points (Score:2)
LeBron should have used an Elon Musk speech.
Get with the times LeBron!
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LeBron should have used an Elon Musk speech.
Get with the times LeBron!
"Elon Musk" sounds like either a lab created pheromone used by Wildlife Biologists in British Columbia or a hipster cologne.
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LeBron should have used an Elon Musk speech.
Get with the times LeBron!
Sure: http://www.simplethingcalledlife.com/2015/elon-musk-usc-success-speech/ [simplethin...edlife.com]
Tip 3 and probably tip 5 would help in basketball finals. Of course having to hear Musk go through the list would make you fall asleep in the 5 minutes it takes...
And people complain about Tim Cook's oratory skills.
They just won... (Score:2)
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Some fans are just poor losers. If you had been watching, this is consistent with how it was called all year long. I agree its somewhat bs, but they have to deal with that with offseason rule changes and change how its called.
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Tell you what. Go watch the Conjunction Junction video, so that you can learn how to formulate a sensible argument. Throwing a lot of ideas out, and stapling them together with three "and"s doesn't help your case.
You are NOT my daughter! (Score:1)
Repeat after me teammates... You are NOT my Child. You are NOT my daughter. The test results are in and they say there is a one in 13 million chance you are not my child... so you better keep looking.
What are cavs? (Score:2)
I wasn't born in this country (but English IS my first language)
cav (singular) is short for cavalry (as in Air-Cav helicopter mobile troops first used in 'Nam
or is it CAV = Computer Aided Visualization?
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The first one. It is short for Cavaliers, the name of the team.
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I wasn't born in this country
Is that your excuse for not even reading the first sentence of the summary?
Steve Jobs book (Score:3)
I've been a Windows/Linux guy since the 90s'.
Apple fanbois, etc and the cult surrounding Apple has always turned my stomach(and continues to, to this very day).
However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away.
I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
The story of his life, what he did and how he did it is hard to describe and really "you couldn't make this stuff up".
I was really stunned by the different sides of Steve Jobs personality, which shows again that in human nature, some people can be really complex.
I was stunned by the sheer balls Steve Jobs had to pull off what he did.
The writing and pace of the story in the book was just great and I highly recommend it.
I have to say it really is a tragedy that he passed at that point in his life.
But he managed to accomplish and influence our world like almost no one else has.
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Right with you on this - never been a fan of apple products and only ever purchased a small iPod once. Isaacson's book was profoundly moving, it reads as if your by Job's side the whole time. Highly recommend anyone to read this.
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But of course, one could say the same (w/ far fewer anecdotes probably) about Gates, Ellison, Bezos, Larry Page.
Probably about every person who's ever lived, actually. If Mother Theresa and Gandhi get that treatment, what hope is there for the rest of us?
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However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away. I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
So you read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson, which is quite flawed, and thus fiction. http://daringfireball.net/2012/02/walter_isaacson_steve_jobs [daringfireball.net]
There is much that is wrong with Walter Isaacson’s biography of Jobs, but its treatment of software is the most profound of the book’s flaws. Isaacson doesn’t merely neglect or underemphasize Jobs’s passion for software and design, but he flat-out paints the opposite picture.
Isaacson makes it seem as though Jobs was almost solely interested in hardware, and even there, only in what the hardware looked like. Superficial aesthetics.
[How Isaacson doesn't understand what "Antennagate" was about, and gets the technical details completely wrong because of his "looks above everything else" theory]
Isaacson, it seems clear, mistrusted Jobs. That’s good. But rather than using that mistrust to push back, to ask insightful questions, he instead simply turned to others. ...
Again, skepticism is good. But rather than do the research to verify Jobs’s version of events, to learn the facts so as to be able to dispute Jobs himself, he simply turned to sources he did trust, like Hertzfeld and Gates. But Gates is an odd choice to trust, because he clearly has a conflict of interest. His company competed against Jobs’s, and at a personal level, he is Jobs’s only rival in terms of historical stature in the industry.
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You could learn more about Steve Jobs’s work by reading Rob Walker’s 2003 New York Times Magazine piece [nytimes.com] than by reading Isaacson’s book, but even then we’re left wanting for the stories behind any of Apple’s products after the iPod. Isaacson’s book may well be the defining resource for Jobs’s personal life — his childhood, youth, eccentricities, cruelty, temper, and emotional outbursts. But as regards Jobs’s work, Isaacson leaves the reader profoundly and tragically misinformed.
Isaacson gives us the story of an asshole. But the world is full of assholes. What we need is the story of the one man who spearheaded so many remarkable products and who built an amazing and unique company.
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I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away. I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
So, you learned that you enjoy fiction more than you thought you did?
(j/k; I have no idea how accurate Isaacson's book is. Your comment motivated me to go grab the book on Audible.)
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However, just for curiosity I read "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson and was blown away.
I hadn't enjoyed a book that much in a long time, and I mainly read non-fiction.
Cool! I'll have to buy that for my Kindle with the Apple eBook Settlement [slashdot.org] money I got through Amazon.
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Binksmanship (Score:1)
Worked for Jar Jar also
Breaking news! Sun came up this morning! (Score:2)
Let's all thank Steve Jobs!