Steve Jobs on Failure

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters return to it as a motivational reminder to not fear failure and to just ask for what you want.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Silicon Valley Historical Association

Topic

fear of failure and asking for help

Format

interview

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

6

Recommendation years in dataset

2012–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I saw a small clip of Steve Jobs talking about the same thing [1]. One of the advices that surprised me most the first time I've heard it. [1] [VIDEO]

• Came here to post this Larry Smith link :) Even though Jobs gets some hate on HN, these interviews/speeches have never failed to inspire me. If you don't ask, you don't get - [VIDEO] On a very formulaic life - [LINK] (I couldn't find one …

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