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The Truth About Successful People  Don t we all want to be successful and admired? But how can we model our lives after those who have already been successful? Let s take a look at one person who almost everyone would call a success: Steve Jobs. Steve Jobs pounced on an opportunity when it came to him. And that opportunity, since he lived in Silicon Valley as a child and even died there, was in electronics. He really didn t search for opportunities (e.g. he didn t research what jobs make the most money...you aren t googling that are you?), instead he took advantage of opportunities when they were presented. Successful people don t go looking for resources first (money) and they don t follow their passion (if Steve Job was that passionate about computers he would have been more of a Steve Wozniak). 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