Synopsis: Strive for the best and never give up. Steve Jobs was not always successful.

Welina e nā makamaka heluhelu. I kēlā Pō’akolu aku nei, ua moe akula i ka moe kapu o Niolopua kekahi kāne haole i kaulana a puni ka honua nei. ‘O Steve Jobs nō ia. ‘O kekahi mea minamina, ‘a’ole nō ‘o ia i o’o loa, a naue akula i ke ala ho’i ‘ole mai. Ua piha nā makahiki he 56 wale nō iā ia. He mau makahiki na’e ka lō’ihi o ke ‘ā’ume’ume ‘ana a’e ona me ka ma’i ‘a’ai.

E hao mai paha ka nīnau, “No ke aha e kau a’e nei ia mau ‘ōlelo na’auao mai nā kūpuna mai i luna inā e kama’ilio ‘ia ana ka hala ‘ana a’e o Jobs i kēlā ‘ao’ao?”

He māhele iki wale nō kai ho’oka’awale ‘ia no ke kama’ilio ‘ana iho e pili ana i ka naue ‘ana aku o Jobs i ke ao polohiwa a Kāne, ‘oiai, ‘o ke kamepiula ‘Āpala, he mea nui nō ia ma ka mo’olelo o Hawai’i nei. ‘O ke kamepiula nō ia e ‘ike ‘ia ana ma ka hapanui o nā kula ‘ōlelo Hawai’i, mai ke kula kamali’i nō paha a ke kulanui. A ‘o ia ihola. Ma ‘ane’i nei nō e pau ai ia māhele, a e kama’ilio nō ia po’omana’o e kau a’ela ma luna.

I ka heluhelu ‘ana a’e o ko ‘oukou mea kākau i ka mo’olelo o Steve Jobs, ua pū’iwa ihola kona na’au i ka ‘ike ‘ana aku, i loko nō o nā mea maika’i he nui āna i hana ai, ‘a’ole nō i loa’a ka lei o ka lanakila ma nā mea a pau āna i ho’ā’o ai.

‘O ka hua mua a Jobs lāua ‘o Steve Wozniak i hele a laha a puni ka honua, ‘o ka ‘Āpala II ia. A ua kū’ai nui ‘ia nō ua kamepiula nei. A ‘o ia kekahi mea i waiwai ai ‘o Jobs i ka piha ‘ana o nā makahiki he 25 wale nō. Akā, ma hope mai o kēlā, ua launa pū aku nei ‘o ia me Pakalaki, ia pōpoki kaulana o Hawai’i nei. ‘O ke kamepiula ‘Āpala III, ‘a’ohe ona hie. A ma ia hope mai, e hana ana ‘o Jobs i kamepiula hou, i kapa ‘ia ‘o Lisa. He mea maika’i ia, akā, ua huki ‘ia ‘o Jobs mai ia papahana mai ma muli o kona ‘ano na’au pōkole, ‘oiai, ‘o ka luna ia o ia papahana. A he mau mea kāna i hana ai ma ia hope mai, a ua hā’ule pahū nō ia mau mea. ‘O ka mea nui, ‘a’ole nō ‘o ia i hā’awi pio, ua ‘imi aku nō ‘o ia i wahi e holomua ai ‘o ia. I ka makahiki 1985, ua ho’okumu ‘o ia i hui kamepiula hou i kapa ‘ia ‘o NeXT, ‘o ka pilikia na’e, ‘o nā kamepiula i hana ‘ia e ia hui, ‘a’ole i lilo i mea makemake nui ‘ia e ka lehulehu. I ka makahiki 1986, ua kū’ai mai ‘o ia i ka hui ‘o Pixar. I kinohi, ‘a’ohe holomua o ia hua. Ua kāpae ‘ia nō ho’i kekahi palapala ‘aelike me ka hui ‘o Disney. ‘A’ole na’e ‘o nei i hā’awi pio. A i ka makahiki 1995, ua ho’i aku nei ‘o John Lasseter o Pixar i ka hui ‘o Disney, a ‘āpono ‘ia ke ki’i ‘oni’oni ‘o Toy Story. A ma hope mai, ua kū’ai ka hui ‘o ‘Āpala i ka hui ‘o NeXT no nā kālā he $400 miliona. A ma ia hope mai, ua pi’i a’e nō a kū ana ma ke ‘aki.

A no laila, e nā iwi o ku’u iwi a me ke koko o ku’u koko, inā hā’ule pahū kahi hana āu e hana ana, a me kahi mana’o paha, mai nō a hā’awi pio. E noke i ka hana, i kahi mea hou paha. ‘Eā, inā i hā’awi pio ‘o Steve Jobs, inā ‘a’ole ‘o ia i kū i ke ‘aki o nā mea hou o ka honua, a ‘a’ole nō i loa’a ia mau mea hou, e like me ka iPoka, ka iPona, a me ka iPaka.

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This column is coordinated by Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.