Steve Jobs revealed one of his biggest life regrets in final days before he died

Let’s be real for a minute, as much as you might think you’re totally care-free and live for the moment, you probably have at least one thing you regret in life.

From a tattoo to what you ate for dinner last night, your regrets probably change over time with a bunch of people aged between 70-80 recently agreeing their biggest one was worrying over money when they were young.

And in the final days before he died, Steve Jobs revealed one of his biggest life regrets. The former Apple CEO and co-founder died in 2011 following a 2003 cancer diagnosis.

Leaving behind his legacy in technology and innovation, the 56-year-old also left four children: Lisa, 45, Reed, 32, Erin, 28, and Eve, 25.

It was around his family that the tech legend held regret as he spoke of his kids in an interview.

Steve Jobs died in 2011. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

In the weeks leading up to his death, he spoke with author Walter Isaacson to collaborate on a comprehensive biography in the hope to offer insights into his life to his children.

“I wanted my kids to know me,” Jobs said to Isaacson. “I wasn't always there for them, and I wanted them to know why and to understand what I did.”

He hoped the biography would explain his absences to his kids and help them to understand the choices he made. With Jobs’ huge professional success, there was of course a struggle to balance that with his family responsibilities.

Well-reported, Jobs initially legally denied paternity of Lisa for several years before they eventually reconciled. During the period before he accepted being her father, Lisa and her mum lived on government assistance.

He was a dad-of-four. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

An early Apple business computer is actually named after her, the Apple Lisa.

Eve previously spoke to Vanity Fair about the one memento of her late dad that nobody else can lay claim to.

While she called the iPhone a ‘beautiful reminder every day’, she also has some quirkier merchandise like vintage t-shirts.

And that includes a one-of-a-kind from the Computer 1 era, likely made by her dad when Apple was still being run from his garage in the mid to late 70s. On the front, the t-shirt alludes to an infamous Biblical character: "Eve had the right idea," it reads.

On the back, the text continues: "She picked an Apple."

Eve said of the sentimental shirt: "It means so much to me. I smile every time I wear it."

Topics: Apple, Technology, Parenting

Jess Battison

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