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SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 27: Apple Inc. - Steve Jobs, CEO 1997 to 2011

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How much more innovative and intelligent would it be?

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He really wanted Hewletts help.

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So what did he do?

He answered the phone himself, Jobs said.

Hewlett was endeared by the ask and interested in helping the young techie.

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He laughed and he gave me the spare parts to build this frequency counter, Jobs recalled.

And it didnt end there.

I was in heaven, Jobs said.

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But you dont need to be an adolescent prodigy to get help from your heroes.

Jobs said that if you dont ask for help, youre depriving yourself of important experiences.

Most people dont get those experiences cause they never ask, Jobs said.

Ive never found anybody that didnt want to help me if I asked them for help.

Ive never found anyone that said no or hung up the phone when I called.

Most people never ask, Jobs said.

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