STEVE JOBS RESIGNS FROM APPLE

Steve Job signs out

“(Reuters) – Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage.”

Apple shares dived as much as 7 percent in after-hours trade after the pancreatic cancer survivor and industry icon, who has been on medical leave for an undisclosed condition since January 17, announced he will be replaced by COO and longtime heir apparent Tim Cook.

Analysts do not expect Jobs’ resignation — which had long been foreseen — to derail the company’s fabled product-launch roadmap, including possibly a new iPhone in September and a third iteration of the iPad tablet in 2012.

“I have always said if there ever came a day when I could no longer meet my duties and expectations as Apple’s CEO, I would be the first to let you know. Unfortunately, that day has come,” he said in a brief letter announcing his resignation.

The 55-year-old CEO had briefly emerged from his medical leave in March to unveil the latest version of the iPad and later to attend a dinner hosted by President Barack Obama for technology leaders in Silicon Valley.

Jobs’ often-gaunt appearance has sparked questions about his health and his ability to continue at Apple.

“I will say to investors: don’t panic and remain calm, it’s the right thing to do. Steve will be chairman and Cook is CEO,” said BGC Financial analyst Colin Gillis.

Apple shares slid to $357.40 in extended trading after a brief halt. They had gained 0.7 percent to close at $376.18 on the Nasdaq.

Analysts again expressed confidence in the Apple bench, headed by longtime company No. 2 and supply-chain maven Cook.

“Investors are very comfortable with Tim Cook even though Jobs has been a driver of innovation and clearly an Apple success. Tim has shown Apple can still outperform extremely well when he’s been acting as CEO,” said Cross Research analyst Shannon Cross.

“I don’t know if it’s a health issue. I don’t know if it is a shock. Most likely it was going to happen at some point. Why today versus another day? I don’t know.”

Steve n co founder Wozniak during Apple early days

 Reuter.com

SO MUCH TO APPRECIATE

Hey Guys, it’s just one day left for the year to run out, 2010 that just started just like yesterday and in the blink of an eye it’s over, the year has had its blend of good and bad, wonderful and dull moments, Challenging seasons and great moments, I have thought to do something’s that I deliberately shut out, highs and low, its barely 2 days to go well I’m so grateful, my heart beats calmly, my eyes are filled with soft tears, I must say 2010 has been a very good year to me.

Can you find a reason to thank God for a good year? Has it been worth it, those tough decisions, times when you feel it’s all over then it just picks up again, times when the world seems to abandon you, but you round the bend and He gives you a way out.

It started with my entrance into CREDIT DIRECT LIMITED in 2010 meeting Akinwande Ademosu and colleagues with vast knowledge and experience, it didn’t take much for me to blend into the system and working with well experienced hands in a new industry gave me the urge to learn. As a Strategy and Business development executive, I have been so busy learning and working, Branch set and recruitment were some of my core responsibilities in the company, and this has kept me in the skies as we set up 6 outlets this year. I could only be grateful to God for keeping me safes all the days out of Lagos, I have toured the East, South, West and North and been totally protected.

For safety needs; I thank the Lord for his mercies, going up and about on official and personal duties

My love needs in life has been met, family, friends, nothing compares to my lovely fiancé Ono, my wonderful Boss Akinwande Ademosu, Denis Unokesan, colleagues, my entire  CDL team

I am most grateful for my team, allowing individual skills to produce result in a team, its fulfilling, the responsibilities bestowed on me to deliver. I have been through a lot in the past 11 months and for this I must say Thank you Lord.

I don’t know about you, but from where I stand I appreciate God for all He has done for me and can’t stop here, I urge you to enter the new year with a grateful and thankful heart, Appreciate God for all he has done and what He is yet to do, remember the more you thank the more you receive.

Attract all you want in the last days and set your mind to it, you would receive the best in the coming year, please share your testimonies with me here.

What are you grateful for?

“YOUR WISH IS MY COMMAND”

Life drives you in different locations at different times

Sometimes when I dream I see the best things in life, and I wish the dream would never end, suddenly I wake and reality hits, but it doesn’t take so long for the dream to come alive, I live my dreams, knowing that things are not usually what they seem, but the growth I have experienced in my life has been my greatest motivation.

 I remember watching a movie, “The Secret” and since then I have directly lived under the principles of the greatest law in life, “The law of attraction” the law states that whatever you get in life you attract to yourself, well most people I meet, I try to show this experience with them, and hint them on my experience in life, how directly and indirectly things I have gotten and where I am now was a direct reflection of what I actually wanted and what I craved for, well this is so true.

 I met a man whom since then has changed my life, Akinwande Ademosu, well most people might not actually know him as I call him the BTL genius, he is the MD/CEO of CREDIT DIRECT LIMITED, where I currently work, my pastor always talk about few Nigerians who started a business from nothing and made something out of it, well this is one of the few people who have done that, the company has grown and outlived those who never believed that it would well, this extremely gentleman who anyone would want to shelve because the Nigerian quality of Pride and show off isn’t actually his thing, I remember a trip we went for and as we met with officials that were to assist us, one of them asked, where is your MD, he learnt he was coming, or are we still expecting him? Meanwhile he was asking the man himself, this goes to show how humble and simple this young man is, well when he learnt that the MD was just beside him, his countenance changed and I’m sure he wondered how on earth a man of his caliber would be so simple.

 Akin as he is fondly called has been my mentor since I met him, I try to copy his lifestyle, well on a serious note this is a huge task, cos daily I see a lot he goes through and he still has time to smile, and a lot of time to share laughs with his staff, this is the most essential stuff needed for the position and he freely exhibits them. He handles issues with so much expertise, and knows something about everything and everything about something, last week were preparing for out monthly meeting and when we presented some hard core account figures to me, (I’m so hating calculations) he looked through and in a second a found out that a calculation was wrong, the guy who presented the paper could not help but ask; Akin did you study accounting? Well shockingly he didn’t, but that shows you how vast he is.