Becoming Timeless: Bowie, the Beatles, and Apple
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David Bowie existed afore Ziggy Stardust, but it was Ziggy Stardust that put him on the map. The striking, glam costume; the red hair; the over-the-top Spiders from Mars tour-all these elements, plus, of course, the music, attempt David Bowie into stardom. But the glam bedrock era eventually faded. And if David Bowie had backward there, he would accept been alone of that time, and achromatic forth with it.
Instead, as we're aching the afterlife of David Bowie, we're aswell adulatory him as one of the giants of bedrock music. He is not "of a time." He is timeless. Why is that?
It's because David Bowie never chock-full innovating.
See, Ziggy Stardust was a ablaze innovation. But it was just one of many. The Thin White Duke. The Berlin era. New beachcomber and electronica. (If these beggarly annihilation to you, yield a quick appointment to Wikipedia to see just how abundant this man did. Oh, and accept to his music.)
If Bowie had chock-full with Ziggy Stardust, his obituary would accept been "page 6" news. Instead, it was on the foreground pages of newspapers (and websites) about the world.
If the Beatles had chock-full afterwards authoritative the Hard Day's Night anthology and movie, they would accept still been an important, 60s bedrock and cycle band. They would accept been "of that time." But they went on to accomplish Sgt. Pepper, The White Album, and Abbey Road-and in accomplishing so, became timeless.
If Apple had done annihilation but accompany out the Mac computer in 1984, their abode in the history of accretion would accept been assured. But they went on to actualize the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad. Today they are the a lot of admired aggregation in the world.
Many leaders assume to anticipate that one addition is all it takes. That one abundant idea, the one that propels you into the lead. And one addition is great! A lot of humans never even accomplish it that far. But here's the thing:
One addition puts you on the map; connected addition lets you re-draw the map.
In a 2003 interview, David Bowie said that he advised himself to be primarily a writer. Not a performer-a writer. And if you anticipate about it, what is the job of a writer?
To create.
What can you apprentice from David Bowie, and the Beatles, and Apple?
Keep creating. Don't stop. Keep innovating. Don't stop.
That's how you become timeless
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